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On the west side is a roundel of similar design showing Robertson preaching to working men. There is a Horus symbol in the carved stone frieze.
Title
Monument to Frederick William Robertson
Medium
bronze & stone
Accession number
BN2_LS_S072
Acquisition method
commissioned by the Brighton Mechanics Institute and other townspeople
Work type
Monument
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Access
time restrictions apply
Access note
October–March 9am–4pm, Sunday 11am–4pm, April–September 9am–5.30pm, Sunday 11am–5.30pm
Inscription description
bottom of the rectangular bronze plaque: WE THEN AS AMBASSADORS OF CHRIST; bottom of the bronze roundel: OTHER(?) MEN AND FELLOW TOWNSMEN; east face, incised letters: M.S. / THE REVEREND / FREDERICK WILLIAM ROBERTSON M.A. / PERPETUAL CURATE OF TRINITY CHAPEL BRIGHTON / BORN 3RD. OF FEBRUARY 1816. / DIED 15TH. OF AUGUST 1853. / HONORED AS A MINISTER. / BELOVED AS A MAN. / HE AWAKENED THE HOLIEST FEELINGS / IN POOR AND RICH. IN IGNORANT AND LEARNED. / THEREFORE IS HE LAMENTED / AS THEIR GUIDE AND COMFORTER / BY MANY WHO IN THE BOND OF BROTHERHOOD. / AND IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE. / HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT / GLORY TO THE SAVIOUR. WHO WAS HIS ALL.; west face, incised letters: TO THE / REVD. F.W. ROBERTSON M.A / IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF HIS SYMPATHY / AND IN DEEP SORROW FOR THEIR LOSS. / THE MEMBERS OF THE MECHANICS INSTITUTION / AND THE WORKING MEN OF BRIGHTON / HAVE PLACED THIS MEDALLION / ON THEIR BENEFACTORS TOMB / A.D. 1855.
