Parker monument, General Cemetery, Sheffield
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Parker monument, General Cemetery, Sheffield
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 13 Jun 2012
Based on the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates in Athens, a well-used Classical Greek source. Dated 1837. The listing says it is marble. Grade II listed. "Erected by the merchants and manufacturers of Sheffield in memory of William Parker, merchant."
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Image Location
Latitude
53.368512
Longitude
-1.489135