Detail of the memorial tablet commemorating Captain James Cornewall in the cloisters at Westminster Abbey

Date:
16 Jul 1894
Location:
Westminster Abbey, Cloisters, Westminster, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Sw1p
Reference:
BL12776
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

Captain James Cornewall was a British Naval Officer, killed at the Battle of Toulouse against the French and Spanish fleets in 1744. The memorial tablet depicts a scene from the battle. The photograph was taken for Colonel Armitage.

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Client: Armitage

Photographer: Boucher, Adolphe Augustus: Bedford Lemere And Company

Person Of Historic Interest/Notable Pers: Cornewall, James

Keywords

Georgian Commemorative Monument