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| English Heritage Reference: | 487850 |
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| RBKC Reference: | 249/80/97 |
| Property: | TOMB OF ADMIRAL SIR JOHN ROSS |
| Street: | HARROW ROAD , W10 |
| Date: | 13/06/2001 |
| Grade: | II |
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| Description: | Tomb of Admiral Sir John Ross, died 1856. Carrara marble cross, entwined with anchor and chain, upon a cairn, set on a stepped pedestal. This symbol of the anchor and cross on cairn, emblematic of Christian hope and fortitude, became a commonplace of later Victorian funerary sculpture. This is a very early example. History: Ross, described here as THE ARCTIC EXPLORER, left his retirement to search the Arctic for Sir John Franklin in 1850-1. |
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