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Thomas Machen family monument - Gloucester Cathedral.

Thomas Machen family monument - Gloucester Cathedral.

This monument widely attributed to Samuel Baldwin of Stroud, is dedicated to Thomas Machen (d1614), Christian Baston his wife and 13 children. Thomas Machen was mayor of Gloucester three times, and was elected to parliament in 1613.

 

Thomas Street - Worcester Cathedral

Thomas Street - Worcester Cathedral

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.

 

 

Three Marys at the Tomb - Litchborough Northamptonshire

Three Marys at the Tomb - Litchborough Northamptonshire

This two-light stained-glass window depicting the Three Marys at the Tomb, dated 1917, is attributable to Burlison & Grylls and belongs to the firm’s late ecclesiastical output during the First World War period.

Description and iconography

The composition presents the moment immediately following the Resurrection, as described in the Gospels, when the holy women come to the tomb and receive the angelic announcement that Christ has risen.

Tomb of Ambrose Dudley - St Mary, Warwick

Tomb of Ambrose Dudley - St Mary, Warwick

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.

Transfiguration - Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

Transfiguration - Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

This stained-glass window depicting the Transfiguration of Christ was made in 1887 by Burlison and Grylls and presented to the church by Lady Cicely Clifton. It follows a well-established iconographic scheme, arranged in two registers beneath a Gothic architectural canopy.

 

 

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