Eupeodes luniger

walwyn Thu, 04/15/2010 - 23:50

Eupeodes luniger

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Syrphidae
Genus: Eupeodes [Metasyrphus]
Species: E. luniger

 

Skeat, Francis

walwyn Tue, 04/13/2010 - 20:12

Christ appearing to St. Peter

 

Born in St. Albans in 1909 Francis Skeat was a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the British Society of Master Glass Painters, and a member of the Art Workers Guild. He created over 400 stained glass windows for churches and cathedrals both in the UK and abroad.

 

Seven Deadly Sins

walwyn Thu, 04/08/2010 - 12:31

Seven Deadly Sins medieval wall painting

 

 

C15 (c1420-1450) painting on the subject of the "Seven Deadly Sins".

 

 

 

Byfield - Holy Cross c1897

walwyn Tue, 03/23/2010 - 21:51

Farebrother memorial window by Kempe

 

 

Memorial window, by CE Kempe, dedicated to Reverend Thomas Farebrother (d1896), Mary Anne Farebrother (d1884), and George Farebrother (d1892).

 

 

 

 

 

Powell & Sons, Whitefriars

walwyn Tue, 03/23/2010 - 20:52

James Powell & Sons (Whitefriars)

 

 

In 1834 the London Wine merchant James Powell (1774-1840) bought the small Whitefriars glassworks just off Fleet Street as a business for his sons. Originally unfamiliar with glass production the company experiemented with different techniques and were soon supply patent glass to other leading stained glass companies and designer as well as making stained glass windows of their own.

 

 

Donors - Stanford on Avon, Northamptonshire

walwyn Sat, 03/20/2010 - 10:23

Donors Stanford on Avon

 

 

The roundels are late C15 to early C16. The figures of the donor family are mid C16 and probably come from Stanford Hall.

 

 

 

 

Xylocopa

walwyn Wed, 03/17/2010 - 20:39

The Xylocopa genus of bees are commonly known as Carpenter bees. These are large black bees that somewhat resemble bumblebees but have a nonhairy abdomen. They are widely distributed around the world,and the genus contains some 500 species.

William Bagot Brass - Baginton, Warwickshire.

walwyn Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:40

William Baghot Brass

 

 

 

Large brass monument to William Bagot (d1407) and his wife Margaret.

 

 

 

Captain Henry Kingsmill - Radway, Warwickshire

walwyn Sat, 02/27/2010 - 14:00

Captain Henry Kingsmill

 

 

Semi reclining stone figure of Cavalier in recess. Henry Kingsmill was killed at the battle of Edgehill Sunday, 23 October 1642. This was the first pitch battle of the English Civil War.

 

 

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