Memorial: M6422

Memorial at St Mary’s Church, Whickham commemorating Harry Clasper d. 1870, oarsman

Location

St Mary's church, Whickham, Tyne and Weir, England

Transcript

'BENEATH THIS MONUMENT REARED TO HIS MEMORY / BY THE ARDENT AFFECTION OF FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS / FROM EVERY CLASS AND FROM ALL PARTS OF THE / KINGDOM, AND IN THE SACRED SPOT COMMANDING /A FULL VIEW OF THAT NOBLE RIVER. THE WELL LOVED / SCENE OF FORMER TRIUMPHS, REST THE MORTAL / REMAINS OF / HENRY (HARRY) CLASPER / THE ACCOMPLISHED OARSMAN AND BOATBUILDER / OF DERWENTHAUGH / WHO DIED JULY 12TH 1870, AGED 58 YEARS. / KNOW YE NOT THAT THEY WILL RUN IN A / RACE RUN ALL. BUT ONE RECEIVETH THE PRIZE SO / RUN THAT YE MAY OBTAIN. 1 COR. IX, 24.'

Details

Description: Standing figure of Clasper dressed in everyday clothes, under a gothic canopy. His right hand rests on a bollard carved with bull rushes.
Type: Monument
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone
Date Erected: 1871
Artists: George Burn

People

Clasper, Henry
Age: 58
Date of Death: 12/7/1870
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Oarsman
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach, Catherine Morriss 'Public Sculpture in North-East England' (Liverpool UP, 2000) p.215.

Recorder: Barbara Tomlinson 2013
Photographer: Barbara Tomlinson 2013

JSON

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters