Worcestershire

Richard Edes - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 08/15/2011 - 00:36

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This freestanding monument to Richard Eedes (1604), dean of Worcester cathedral, consists of a large canopied sarcophagus with a recumbent effigy.

 

 

Worcestershire
Tudor
Elizabethan
Effigy
Sculpture
Tomb
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Richard Solly - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 09/20/2011 - 22:10

 

 

Monument to Richard Solly (d1803) by John Bacon Jr.

 

 

 

Worcestershire
Georgian
Sculpture
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Seven days of Creation

walwyn Wed, 08/31/2011 - 01:06

 

This window in the St Anne Chapel, Malvern Priory, has twelve scenes depicting the Creation story and the Fall. It is dated to between 1440-1450 and was probably the gift of Isabel Despenser and Richard de Beauchamp, 13th earl of Warwick.

 

The four panels in the top register of the window illustrate the seven days of creation.

 

Worcestershire
Medieval
Gothic
Stained Glass
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Sir Thomas Street - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 08/16/2011 - 02:06

 

 

This memorial to Sir Thomas Street (d1696) is the work of the sculptor Joseph Wilton a founding member of the Royal Academy, and was made around 1774.

 

 

Worcestershire
Baroque
Georgian
Sculpture
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St Anne's Chapel

walwyn Tue, 08/30/2011 - 19:43

 

St Anne Chapel in Great Malvern Priory is in the south choir aisle, there is no indication however that it was known to be dedicated to St Anne before the nineteenth century. This chapel has three windows with mid fifteenth century class depicting Old Testament stories.

 

 

Worcestershire
Medieval
Gothic
Stained Glass
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Tomb of Robert Wylde and Wife - Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Mon, 08/15/2011 - 19:08

This tomb of Robert Wylde (d1607) and wife Margaret, is in the south aisle of Worcester Cathedral. In consists of two effigies laying on mats with their heads on cushions. Both are wearing black and dressed in a late Elizabethan style with ruff collars.

 

Worcestershire
Tudor
Elizabethan
Effigy
Sculpture
Tomb
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Victoria Diamond Jubilee Window - Great Malvern Priory

walwyn Thu, 09/01/2011 - 20:39

 

This window by CE Kempe was installed in the South Aisle Chapel in 1897 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The window was paid for by subscription from the women of the parish.

 

 

Worcestershire
Victorian
Stained Glass
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Worcester Cathedral

walwyn Tue, 08/14/2012 - 22:10

 

 

The earliest stained glass window installed by Hardman, in Worcester Cathedral, is the three light Ressurection window installed in the north aisle in 1861. This eight light west window, however, is one of Hardman's larger works in the UK. Designed by George Gillbert Scott, it was installed in 1875, and depicts the creation. 

 

Worcestershire
Victorian
Stained Glass
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