The Choragic Monument in the gardens at Alton Towers

Date:: 1853 - 1908

Location:: Alton Towers, 15th Earl Of Shrewsbury Memorial, Farley, Alton Park, Staffordshire Moorlands, Staffordshire

Reference:: OP08947

Type:: Photograph (Print)

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Description

This memorial to the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury is based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens. Dating from c.1830, it forms part of the garden layout, established by the 15th Earl of Shrewsbury during the late 18th and early 19th centuries and continued by his successors .

The original negative for this image is held by the University of Aberdeen, Library and Historic Collections.

Archival History

The original negative for this image is held by the University of Aberdeen, Library and Historic Collections.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/37 Early Photographic Print Collection: Staffordshire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Georgian Commemorative Monument, Garden