KK-STMG-340

Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Sacred/ to the memory of/ Joseph Evans Esq., Belevan/ who founded and endowed in this City/ an Asylum for decayed servants/ and also/ an Orphan House and School./ His benefactions to the Charitable/ Institutions of/ Kilkenny/ were munificent./ He died August 7th 1818/ aged 72 years./ This tablet was erected by his Executors - the Rev. Peter Roe and William Hartford Esq. Motto on scroll LIBERTAS Inscription on limestone This tablet was erected by his Executors/ The Rev. Peter Roe and/ William Hartford Esq.

Memorial Type: 
Mural plaque
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
Rev. Peter Roe and William Hartford Esq.
Relationship: 
his Executors
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
South
Number of components: 
2
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
134
Width (cm): 
103
Thickness (mm): 
0
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1818
Inscription date primary: 
1818
Memorial material: 
Marble
Condition of grave: 
Sound, displaced
Condition of inscription: 
Mint
Technique of inscription: 
Incised painted
Name of recorder: 
F. Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Mural plaque comprising a black-marble ground onto which is fixed a white-marble inscription table in the form of a stylised portico. The pediment is surmounted by a draped urn from which flames issue. The tympanum contains a wreath in relief. Below the moulded architrave are a pair of stylised trapezoidal pilasters which bear foliage motifs in relief. Below the moulded plinth is a cartouche bearing the arms of Evans.