Shelley Memorial

Henry Weekes

1853-54

Marble

Christchurch Priory, Dorset

The monument, which was erected by the poet's son who lived nearby at Boscombe, had previously been refused by St Peter's Chruch in Bournemouth where Mary was buried together with her husband's heart. The memorial shows Mary Wollstenecraft Shelley mourning over the body of her husband who drowned off the coast of Italy in 1822.

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Close up view of figures

Inscriptions

Percy Bysshe Shelley (homepage)

Photograph and text by Tim Willasey-Wilsey

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