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ATKINSON, W. *#
- Born: - Died: 1766
Sculptor, of London, for whom see Rupert Gunnis, Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 (revised edition, [1968]), 22. For Ireland Atkinson made the elaborate neo-classical monument to Brabazon Ponsonby, 1st Earl of Bessborough (d. 1758), and his first wife in Fiddown CI church, Co. Kilkenny.(1)
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(1) Homan Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 25(illus.),34.
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Building: | CO. KILKENNY, FIDDOWN, CHURCH (CI, FIDDOWN PARISH, OLD) |
Date: | 1758p |
Nature: | Neo-classical monument to Brabazon Ponsonby, lst Earl of Bessborough, d. 1758, and his first wife, Sarah (née Margetson). |
Refs: | Homan Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 25(illus.),34. |