| Finding Number | ALBUM - ABB/01/084 |
| Title | Westminster Abbey, Choir East |
| Description | Postcard of the memorial to the poet Thomas Gray at Westminster Abbey. The memorial features a sculpture of the Lyric Muse, who is seated, and holds a medallion portrait of Gray. The inscription below reads: 'No more the Graecian Muse unrival'd reigns: to Britain let the nations homage pay; she felt a Homer's fire in Milton's strains, a Pindar's rapture in the lyre of Gray'; 'He died July 30th 1771, Aged 54'. The Muse gestures towards Milton's monument, part of which can be seen above. |
| Date | [Early 20th century] |
| Access Status | Open |
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Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/1762 | Gray; Thomas (1716-1771); poet | 1716-1771 |
Places
| Code | Set |
| PL532 | Westminster Abbey/St Margaret, Westminster |