Detail of the monument to Richard Cave (died 1606 at Padua), St Nicholas,
Stanford,
Northamptonshire.
The monument, featuring this 50cm high alabaster effigy, is one of the
more
innovative from the Jacobethan era. Unlike his brothers and sisters
who are
only represented in profile on the tomb of their parents, Richard Cave's
stands
next to the larger monument, connected to it by a small scroll and
suggesting
at once his connection to, yet independance from, his parents.
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