Kommentar til September 1819 - december 1822

Dvs. indskriften på det fodstykke, som den sørgende enke, grevinde Anne Newburgh knæler på i fremstillingen: (citeret efter Else Kai Sass: Thorvaldsens Portrætbuster, vol. I, København 1963, p. p. 424):

The Faithful who visits this Capel are humbly entreated to pray for the repose of the soul of the late Anthony James Radcliffe, Earl of Newburgh, who departed his life November the XXVIII. MDCCCXIV. He died as he had lived respected and beloved by all who knew him, these lines are inscribed by his afflicted widow Anne Newburgh.

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