The effigy was praised by the museum in 1919 as being the "high water mark of English sepulchral sculpture" and was influential in the design of funeral effigies following the First World War.
A efixie foi abalada polo museo en 1919 como a "máis alta marca de auga das esculturas funerarias inglesas" e tivo unha grande influencia no deseño das máscaras funerarias durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial.