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Peter Mathias Van Gelder 1742-1809 is in Sculptors.
Around 1742 Peter Mathias Van Gelder was born.
On 1st May 1775 Mary Montagu Duchess of Montagu (age 64) died. Monument in St Edmund's Church, Warkton [Map]. Sculpted by Peter Mathias Van Gelder (age 33). Mary's monument is more decorative that her parent's; Rococo. The composition of the monument centres around an ornate funerary Urn, which stands upon a Pedestal containing an inscription to Mary. To the right sits a grief stricken woman, inconsolable over the loss of an aristocrat considered a great benefactor to the poor and needy. In her left arm she cradles a baby, and a second, tearful child sits at her feet. To the right of the woman is that of an older woman draped in a shawl, who gently caresses the hand of the first babe. To the left of the Urn, an angel comforts the mourners, pointing to heaven.
After 22nd September 1802. Monument to Mary Davies in St Giles' Church, Wrexham [Map] sculpted by Peter Mathias Van Gelder (age 60).
On 3rd September 1809 Peter Mathias Van Gelder (age 67) died in Upper George Street.
After 14th November 1884. Monument to Frances Puleston in St Giles' Church, Wrexham [Map]. Sculpted by Peter Mathias Van Gelder.
