Sculpture and Faith at St Paul's Cathedral, c. 1796-1914: F. J. Williamson, Monument to Henry Hart Milman (1876)

Milman's monument represents the Dean as if he had just fallen asleep, with little reference either to death or resurrection. Milman was an historian and man of letters as well as Dean of St Paul's, and the article argues that this monument reflects his latitudinarian tendency to regard sacred history with wise suspicion, but also to overlook the apocalyptic, world-interrupting demands of his own faith.