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Where can John Donne’s marble effigy still be seen?
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John Donne’s marble effigy can still be seen today in St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.1
The effigy was constructed by the sculptor Nicholas Stone based on a drawing made of Donne in his shroud shortly before his death in 1631. Remarkably, the sculpture survived the Great Fire of London in 1666.1