Memorial to Christabel Mary Melville MacNaghten, Baroness Aberconway (1890-1974)
Henry Davis Pochin (1824 - 1895)
Category
Architecture / Features & Decoration
Date
1883
Materials
Marble, limestone, alabaster, paint
Measurements
1250 x 790 mm
Order this imageCollection
Bodnant Garden, Conwy
NT 93323.16
Summary
One of twenty arch-topped niches set into the walls of The Poem. This one inscribed: "Christabel Mary Melville, 2nd Baroness Aberconway"
Marks and inscriptions
Front: Christabel Mary Melville 2nd Baroness Aberconway Who will always be remembered by her devoted family & friends for her gaiety and courage, her wisdom and perception, the depth & originality of her mind, and her love of all things beautiful. 12th December 1890 7th August 1974 Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail. Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame: nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Makers and roles
Henry Davis Pochin (1824 - 1895), designer