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Tomb of Emmeline Pankhurst

Julian Phelps Allan · 1930

The carved stone memorial erected over Emmeline Pankhurst's grave in Brompton Cemetery, London.

Her grave monument, erected by supporters shortly after her death as a memorial to her life and campaigns.

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A tall carved stone Celtic cross monument with a sculpted figure on its shaft, standing in a cemetery on a stone base with a gravel-filled plot and small plants. Nearby are other gravestones and a large tree trunk on the left.
Julian Phelps Allan, Tomb of Emmeline Pankhurst, 1930. Brompton Cemetery, London.

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What it is

This tall carved stone Celtic cross monument, sculpted by Julian Phelps Allan, stands over Emmeline Pankhurst's grave in Brompton Cemetery and was erected in 1930 by her supporters.

Why it matters

The tomb is a memorial raised shortly after Pankhurst's death by those who had worked with her in the suffrage movement, showing how she was remembered by her contemporaries and the importance they placed on marking her life publicly.

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  • Why might her supporters have chosen a Celtic cross design for her memorial?
  • What does the choice to commission a sculptor rather than a simple headstone tell you?
  • What does a tomb tell us about a person's life, and what doesn't it tell us?

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