Child mourners - Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire

walwyn Tue, 12/27/2011 - 19:58
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Sat, 03/14/2009 - 16:13 - Alabaster memorial to Thomas Cave (c1558). Parish church of St. Nicholas, Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire 14/03/2009.
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Mourners at foot of memorial to Thomas Cave (d1558), Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire.

The mourners here are represent by stylized figures of the 14 children of Thomas Cave. It is not known how many survived to adulthood, nor what age they were as often children were represented as idealized adults.

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