A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851
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Surname
Wood
Alternative Surname
First Name
Ralph
Initial of Surname
W
Year of Birth/Baptism
Flourished
Year of Death
1730/43
Biographical Details
Surtees notes that there was in Stockton churchyard a tomb with the inscription ‘Ralph Wood who departed this life Oct. 22. 1730 in the 67th year of his age. Here lies the body of Ralph Wood aged 67, 1743. “We that have made tombs for others Now here we lie, Once we were two flourishing Woods But now we die.” ’
Literary References: Surtees 1816-40, 3, 186
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