Carrara marble sculpture, Monument to Chaloner Chute (c.1595-1659) by Thomas Carter the younger (d. Knightsbridge 1795), circa 1775-80. Designed by John Chute c.1771 in honour of his ancestor, Speaker Chaloner Chute. The splendid monument of the Speaker i
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Carrara marble sculpture, Monument to Chaloner Chute (c.1595-1659) by Thomas Carter the younger (d. Knightsbridge 1795), circa 1775-80. Designed by John Chute c.1771 in honour of his ancestor, Speaker Chaloner Chute. The splendid monument of the Speaker is absolutely classicalFluted columns carry an entablature with a delicate Adamish frieze. Between the colmns tablets for inscriptions and rather Baroque escutcheons of marble fill the spaces.On a carved stra-plaited mattress the figure of the Speaker reclines.He supports his head on his right arm. A flowing gown is wraped loosely round him; his tall hat and book are thrown down by his left side. The figure in Carrara marble is a notable piece of English sculpture. The sarcophagus was designed by John Chute and carved by the statuary Thomas Carter. Carter's total fill for the tomb abnd floor paving acounted to £930 17s. 9d. The Speaker in fact lies buried in St Nicholas Church, Chiswick.
