Tablet to Musgrave Watson, Sculptor, Carlisle Cathedral
Created by George Nelson
Date: 1859
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: sculpture
Object type: tablet
Material: stone - marble
Description: 'A monumental tablet is about to be erected in Carlisle Cathedral in memory of a local sculptor. The tablet is of marble, with a medallion likeness surmounted by a sculptor's implements, and an inscription in gilt letters explains its object. Mr. George Nelson, a local sculptor, and for many years the deceased's assistant, sculptured the memorial' ('The Builder', 29 January 1859, p. 82).
Citing this record
'Tablet to Musgrave Watson, Sculptor, Carlisle Cathedral', 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_1246462515, accessed 26 Sep 2023]
