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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.

 

Frances Benyon Brass - Wolfhampcote, Warwickshire

walwyn Thu, 10/22/2009 - 21:18

 

Memorial brass to Frances Benyon wife of parish minister (d1687).

 

 

 

Elizabeth Orme Monument - Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire

walwyn Sun, 05/09/2010 - 23:04

 

 

 

Memorial dedicated to Elizabeth Orme. Inscription notes her literacy.

 

 

 

 

Judge John Powell - Gloucester Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 11/06/2011 - 10:57

 

 

 

This marble monument to Judge John Powell (d1714) is by Thomas Green of Camberwell. John Powell presided over the trial of Jane Wenham, one of the last people convicted of witchcraft in England.

 

 

Thomas Deacon - Peterborough Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 10/09/2011 - 20:36

 

 

 

White marble monument to Thomas Deacon (d1725) and wife.

 

 

 

Benson family Monument - Dodford, Northamptonshire

walwyn Tue, 11/23/2010 - 20:28

 

 

Architectural monument to commemorate members of the Benson family c1730. Probably by Smith of Warwick.

 

 

 

 

Tomb of Galileo Galilei - Santa Croce Florence

walwyn Sat, 10/27/2012 - 22:47

 

The tomb of Galileo Galilei (d1642) at Santa Croce in Florence was erected in 1737. It was designed by Giulio Foggini and contains a bust of Galileo Galilei (by Giovanni Battista Foggini), and figures representing Astronomy (by Vincenzo Foggini), and Geometry (by Girolamo Ticciati).

 

 

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