Visit to Harvey Mausoleum at Harberton in Devon
Date: Saturday 5th October 2024
Time: 11:00
Location: Harberton, Devon
Postponed due to conditions on site.
In the Summer 2023 edition of Mausolus there was an article on the Harvey mausoleum in the churchyard at Harberton in Devon. The mausoleum is the family vault of the Harvey family. It was built following the death of the eldest son of Sir Robert and Lady Alida Harvey, Robert Godfrey known as Tito.
The mausoleum used to contain an alabaster effigy of Tito by Harry Hems of Exeter, who also designed the mausoleum, but this is now in the church. It was replaced in the mausoleum in 1901 by a figure of Tito by the London based sculptor Albert Toft as well as effigies of Tito’s parents. The burial chamber fitted with loculi lies beyond the monuments.
In the adjacent church there are a number of stained-glass windows commemorating the members of the family in particular one commemorating Tito which stands above his effigy. Mrs Edwina Hookway, a descendant of the Harvey family, and current guardian of the mausoleum, has kindly offered to arrange for the mausoleum to be open to a small group of MMT members on Saturday 5th October. She will bring along some of the private books of the Harvey family for us to look at and will obviously be willing to discuss the family and its history. There is also photographic exhibition in the Church. It would be interesting for members as it gives a good history of the Church.
We will meet at 11.00am at the church. The Postcode is TQ9 7SD.
Price: £10.00
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The Style of the Dead - Why Classicism so often gets the best Sepulchral Gigs
Date: Wednesday 27th November 2024
Time: 18:30
Location: The Alan Baxter Gallery, 77 Cowcross Street, London, EC1M 6BP
The forms of architectural classicism, and especially neo-classicism seem uniquely favoured in the modern world, to house the Dead in the great burial grounds of the western world. Why should these particular styles suit themselves to accommodate the Departed so well? Alexander Stoddart will try to account for this phenomenon, and in the process will explain why architectural Modernism finds itself hopeless when faced with the Tomb. The talk will draw controversial conclusions regarding the moral profile of the Modernist frame of mind and will prosecute the very kernel of the problem, stretching back to the origin of the Universe itself.
Alexander Stoddart is The King’s Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland
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Price: Free
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The Style of the Dead - Why Classicism so often gets the best Sepulchral Gigs - ONLINE
Date: Wednesday 27th November 2024
Time: 18:30
Location: Zoom Webinar
ONLINE ATTENDANCE
The forms of architectural classicism, and especially neo-classicism seem uniquely favoured in the modern world, to house the Dead in the great burial grounds of the western world. Why should these particular styles suit themselves to accommodate the Departed so well? Alexander Stoddart will try to account for this phenomenon, and in the process will explain why architectural Modernism finds itself hopeless when faced with the Tomb. The talk will draw controversial conclusions regarding the moral profile of the Modernist frame of mind and will prosecute the very kernel of the problem, stretching back to the origin of the Universe itself.
Alexander Stoddart is The King’s Sculptor in Ordinary in Scotland
Price: Free
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