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Commemorating the Seafarer - Monuments, Memorials and Memory (Hardcover)
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Commemorating the Seafarer - Monuments, Memorials and Memory (Hardcover)
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A generously illustrated survey of memorials to different kinds of
seafarers, recounting the stories behind them. This book discusses
memorials - stained glass windows, church, cemetery and public
monuments - commemorating British seafarers, shipbuilders and
victims of shipwreck from the sixteenth century to the present.
Examples have been chosen mainly from Great Britain and Ireland
with a few from wider afield. They include important works by major
British artists as well as more modest productions by anonymous
carvers. The book retells the dramatic stories behind them,
illustrating significant social and cultural changes in Britain's
relationship to the sea. Memorials vividly illustrate the hazards
of seagoing life and the impact these had both upon the family of
the deceased and the general public. The book has a cultural
historical focus. Each chapter includes case studies of both high
status and popular memorials, showing how iconography such as the
depiction of the wrecked ship was widely transmitted. The book
covers both naval and commercial aspects of seafaring and includes
memorials to naval officers, merchants, explorers, fishermen,
leisure sailors, victims of shipwrecks and lifesavers, with around
100 illustrations of memorials. Barbara Tomlinson was Curator of
Antiquities at Royal Museums Greenwich (part of which is the
National Maritime Museum) for over thirty-five years and is Hon.
Secretary of the Church Monuments Society. Publishedin association
with the National Maritime Museum, part of Royal Museums Greenwich.
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