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Location: South transept, St Paul’s Cathedral, London
Type: Memorial
Material: Marble
Descripton: Made in 1813 of marble, Collingwood’s body, partially wrapped in a shroud, and holding his sword, rests on a funeral barge with a prow carved to look like the bow of a line-of-battle ship. He is mourned by two figures – on the left, an angel supporting his head, and on the right by Neptune, supported by two cherubs.
Sculptor: Richard Westmacott
Transcription
erected at the public expense to the memory of CUTHBERT, LORD COLLINGWOOD, who died in the command of the fleet in the mediterranean, on board of the ville-de-paris, vii. march mdcccx. in the lxi year of his age. wherever he served he was distinguished for conduct, skill, and courage; particularly in the action with the french fleet, 1. june mdccxciv, as captain of the barfleur; in the action with the spanish fleet, xiv. february mdccxvii. as captain of the excellent; but most conspicuously in the decisive victory off cape trafalgar, obtained over the combined fleets of france and spain: to which he eminently contributed, as vice-admiral of the blue, commanding the larboard division, xii. october mdcccv.