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Monument to Francis Cranmer Penrose

Mural tablet, monument to Francis Cranmer Penrose (1817-1903).

1903

TO:THE:MEMORY:OF:FRANCIS:CRANMER / PENROSE: D.C.L.; L.L.D.; F.R.S.; F.S.A.; KNIGHT:OF / THE:ORDER:OF:THE:SAVIOUR:IN:GREECE / FOR:45:YEARS:SURVEYOR:TO:THIS:FABRIC / PRESIDENT:OF:THE:ROYAL:INSTITUTE:OF / BRITISH:ARCHITECTS:FROM:1894:TO:1896 / ANTIQUARY:TO:THE:ROYAL:ACADEMY / ARCHITECT:ANTIQUARY:AND:ASTRONOMER / A:PROFOUND:SCHOLAR:AUTHOR:OF:THE / PRINCIPLES:OF:ATHENIAN:ARCHITECTURE / WHOSE:DISTINGUISHED:SERVICES:IN / REVEALING:THE:REFINEMENTS:OF:GREEK / ARCHITECTURE:ARE:HERE:COMMEMORATED / BY:HIS:PROFESSIONAL:FRIENDS:AND:ADMIRERS / BORN:29TH:OCT:1817:DIED:JAN:15TH:1903.