Warwickshire

Thomas Lucy and wife Constance - Charlecote, Warwickshire

walwyn Tue, 05/25/2010 - 20:59

Effigy of Thomas Lucy (d1605) in armour, his second wife Constance kneels by the side, and the fourteen children (6 sons and 8 daughters) from his two marriages are shown on the side of the monument.

Thomas Lucy and wife Joyce - Charlecote, Warwickshire

walwyn Mon, 05/24/2010 - 22:56

Alabster tomb containing the effigies of Thomas Lucy and his wife Joyce.

Throckmorton tomb - Coughton Warwickshire

walwyn Sun, 10/18/2009 - 15:45

Marble tomb of Sir John Throckmorton (d1580) and his wife Marjorie.

Tomb of Ambrose Dudley - St Mary, Warwick

walwyn Thu, 09/29/2011 - 19:24

This alabaster and marble monument is to Ambrose Dudley (d1590), 3rd earl of Warwick. It consists of a effigy on a tomb chest with pilasters and angled columns. The Warwick bear is at his feet and the tomb chest contains heraldic shields around its sides.

Townshend, Caroline

walwyn Sun, 09/13/2009 - 16:08

Caroline Charlotte Townshend (1878-1944) was the daughter of the Suffragette Emily Townshend. She created the Fabian window from a design by George Bernard Shaw in 1910. After the first world war she set up home with her partner Joan Howson.

Wailes, William

walwyn Wed, 01/27/2010 - 20:27

William Wailes (1808-1881) was born in Newcastle and originally started grocery and tea-dealing business. He studied the manufacture of stained glass in Munich in the 1830s, and by 1838 start his own company in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Wall paintings at Burton Dasset

walwyn Wed, 06/17/2009 - 21:47

The church of All Saints as Burton Dassett in Warwickshire dates from the early C12 through to C13. The walls were plastered with 'daub', lime, chopped straw and animal hair and over which various wall painting have been executed. At various times over the centuries the paintings have been whitewashed over and replaced with new works. These include from the C13 depiction of the 'Doom' to highly ornamented texts..

Warwick - Last Judgment after Michelangelo

walwyn Fri, 10/21/2011 - 20:13

This "Doom" painting in St Mary's Warwick, is copy (1678), by Richard Bird, of Michelangelo's Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel. The left hand side of the work has been restored but the right hand side left unrestored at present.