Editing Bunhill Fields (section)

===John Bunyan===
[[John Bunyan]], author of ''[[The Pilgrim's Progress|Pilgrim's Progress]]'', died in August 1688. He was initially buried in the "[[Baptists|Baptist]] Corner" at the back of the burial ground, on the understanding that his remains would be moved into the [[Burial vault (tomb)|family vault]] of his friend John Strudwick when that was next opened for a burial. There is no certain evidence as to when (or even if) this was done: the probability, however, is that it occurred when Strudwick himself died in 1695, and certainly Bunyan's name was inscribed on the side of the monument.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Philip |first=Robert |title=The Life, Times and Characteristics of John Bunyan, author of the Pilgrim's Progress |publisher=Thomas Ward |year=1839 |location=London |pages=578–580}}</ref> The Strudwick monument took the form of a large [[Baroque architecture|Baroque]] stone chest. By the 19th century, this had fallen into decay, but in the period following the closure of the burial ground a public appeal for its restoration was launched under the presidency of the [[Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury|7th Earl of Shaftesbury]]. This work was completed in May 1862, and comprised a complete reconstruction of the monument, undertaken by the sculptor [[Edgar George Papworth Senior]] (1809–1866).<ref>{{National Heritage List for England |num=1396491 |desc=Monument to John Bunyan, Central Broadwalk |access-date=28 June 2014}}</ref> Although Papworth retained the basic form of the tomb-chest, he added a [[Tomb effigy|recumbent effigy]] of Bunyan to the top of it, and two [[relief]] panels to its sides depicting scenes from ''Pilgrim's Progress''. The monument was further restored in 1928 (the tercentenary of Bunyan's birth), and again after World War II (following serious wartime damage to the effigy's face).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Winslow |first=Ola Elizabeth |url=https://archive.org/details/johnbunyan0000wins |title=John Bunyan |publisher=Macmillan |year=1961 |location=New York |pages=[https://archive.org/details/johnbunyan0000wins/page/201 201–202] |url-access=registration}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Barnes |first=Richard |title=The Art of Memory: sculpture in the cemeteries of London |publisher=Frontier Publishing |year=2016 |isbn=9781872914442 |location=Kirstead |pages=76–77}}</ref>

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File:Bunyan tomb 1849.jpg|The monument to the Strudwick family and John Bunyan in its original form: an engraving of 1849
File:Monument to John Bunyan, Central Broadwalk 2013-09-04 14-21-58.jpg|John Bunyan's monument as remodelled in 1862
File:Bunyan's tomb.jpg|Effigy of John Bunyan
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