# Shepherd's Monument and its inscribed tablet

> A rustic arch framing Scheemakers's relief after Poussin's second Et in Arcadia ego, reversed, with an added sarcophagus; on the tablet below, the eight…

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**ART** 0D1M97FT3BDZ·Artifact · object

# Shepherd's Monument and its inscribed tablet

PhotographPublic domainBuilt 1748/1756

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A rustic arch framing Scheemakers's relief after Poussin's second Et in Arcadia ego, reversed, with an added sarcophagus; on the tablet below, the eight letters O U O S V A V V between a D and an M set slightly lower.

Naggie34 (English Wikipedia), 1748. Public domain

## Copies 7

**Photo** Naggie34 (English Wikipedia) · commons.wikimedia.org · 2008-09-20 · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shugborough_inscription.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/eaf122867daba82a70261a9810d5fc72d48ad37db47692e7c41d139bf1e4f5f4)

**Picture** Naggie34 · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shugborough_inscription.jpg)

**Photo** Daderot · commons.wikimedia.org · 2016-06-13 · CC01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shepherd%27s_Monument,_Shugborough_Estate_-_Staffordshire,_England_-_DSC00179.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/ccbc4d8a030ef41d11196943a7f9549cd40f1ffccdd8fc34a18626a1e44227e7)

**Photo** Paul Barlow (English Wikipedia) · commons.wikimedia.org · 2006-03-31 · Public domain1 step from the original

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**Document** Historic England · historicengland.org.uk · publisher2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1374124)

**Picture** Daderot · commons.wikimedia.org · CC01 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shepherd%27s_Monument,_Shugborough_Estate_-_Staffordshire,_England_-_DSC00179.jpg)

**Picture** Paul Barlow · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shugborough_arcadia.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Shepherd's Monument, Shugborough](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D1M8XZ41NTW/shepherds-monument-shugborough) · Monument

## Sources 3

- [Shepherd's Monument](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1M8X7P0G2F/shepherds-monument)_SRC_
- [Shug Days: Cracking a 270-year-old Epigraphical Mystery](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1M8VRT6KC1/shug-days-cracking-a-270-year-old-epigraphical-mystery)_SRC_
- [Shugborough inscription](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D1M8WZW6E0T/shugborough-inscription)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Shepherd's Monument and its inscribed tablet [Artifact ART0D1M97FT3BDZ]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D1M97FT3BDZ
```

Key

**ART** 0D1M97FT3BDZ

Kind

Object

Held by

National Trust (Shugborough Estate)

Dated

built 1748/1756; letters first recorded 1817

Licence

Public domain

Place

[Shepherd's Monument, Shugborough](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D1M8XZ41NTW/shepherds-monument-shugborough)

Part of

[Shugborough inscription](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/shugborough-inscription)

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