Journal Roundtable – Sculpture and Faith at St Paul’s Cathedral, c. 1796–1913 (2022)
Roundtable published in the Journal of Victorian Culture

A Roundtable for 'Sculpture and Faith at St Paul's Cathedral, c. 1796–1913' was published between May and September 2022 by the Journal of Victorian Studies (OuP), from papers given at the Pantheons project conference, 'Worlds of Faith: Sculpture and Faith at St Paul’s Cathedral, c.1796-1916', held in July 2021.
The papers are currently available to all online, with an introduction by the Pantheons project team, Professor Jason Edwards (University of York), Dr Greg Sullivan (University of York/St Paul's Cathedral) and Dr Marjorie Coughlan (University of York): 'Sculpture and Faith at St Paul’s Cathedral, c. 1796–1913: Introduction' (https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac046).
The Sculpture and Faith roundtable includes the following articles:
- Jasmine Allen, ‘“A man greatly beloved” and Immortalized in opus sectile: Powell & Sons, Monument to Robert Claudius Billing (1899)’ – https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac025
- Marjorie Coughlan, ‘A Personal Response to a Public Commission: William Calder Marshall’s Gospel of St Matthew Panel at St Paul’s Cathedral’ –https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac024
- Jason Edwards, ‘William Calder Marshall’s Biblical Historicism: The Book of Job (1862–63)’ – https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac047
- Jason Edwards, ‘William Calder Marshall’s Imperial Homonormativity: Righteousness and Peace Have Kissed Each Other (1862–63)’ – https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac055
- Michelle Foot, ‘Contesting Hymnody in the Victorian Church: Henry Pegram’s Monument to John Stainer (1901–1903)’ – https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac026
- Michaela Giebelhausen, ‘Sculpture and Faith at St Paul’s Cathedral, c. 1796-1914: W. F. Woodington, The Gospel of St Luke (1862): Enlisting the Bible’ – https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac022
- Imogen Hart, ‘Bodies of Ornament: Henry Harris Brown and James Powell & Sons, Monument to Bishop Mandell Creighton and His Wife, Louise (1901)’ – https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac023
- Peter Howarth, ‘Sculpture and Faith at St Paul’s Cathedral, c. 1796–1914: F. J. Williamson, Monument to Henry Hart Milman (1876)’ –https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac030
- Ayla Lepine, ‘Masculinity and Vulnerability: Frederick William Pomeroy’s Memorial to Archbishop Frederick Temple (1905)’ –https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac032
- Katrina Manica, ‘A Touch of Empire: Joseph E. Boehm’s Monument to Charles George Gordon (c. 1887–1889)’ – https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac028
- Sarah Monks, ‘A Vishnu-Come-Lately: John Bacon’s Monument to William Jones (1799)’ – https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac027
- Kate Nichols, ‘Sculpture, Faith, and the Many Worlds of Victorian Sculpture: W. F. Woodington, Genesis (1862)5’ – https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac029
- M G Sullivan, ‘Light and Devotion: Heber, Middleton and the Iconography of Conversion: J. G. Lough, Monument to Bishop Middleton (1832), and Francis Chantrey, Monument to Bishop Heber (1828–35)’ – https://doi.org/10.1093/jvcult/vcac048
The articles will also be collated in the printed journal in 2023.
Main image: Mosaic of details from monuments at St Paul's Cathedral (Pantheons research project)