Monument to John Harrap

Designed by Matthew Ellison Hadfield

Date: 1857
Usually date of exhibition rather than production

Object class: sculpture

Object type: monument

Description: Executed in the Elizabethan style. The deceased was a builder and a native of Doncaster. The monument bears the following inscription: 'This monument was erected in remembrance of John Harrap, of Sheffield, builder, by the members of the Master Builders' Association and his friends as a token of their esteem for his general character as a tradesman, his uniform kindness to those of his own profession, and his steady adherence to the great principles of truth and equity. Born February 2nd 1795; died May 2nd 1855' (The Builder, 31 October 1857, p. 628)

Inscriptions
This monument was erected in remembrance of John Harrap, of Sheffield, builder, by the members of the Master Builders\' Association and his friends as a token of their esteem for his general character as a tradesman, his uniform kindness [...]

Citing this record

'Monument to John Harrap', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib5_1246367715, accessed 09 Jun 2023]