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Effigy of John de Verdun - Brixworth, Northamptonshire

This thirteenth century effigy of a Knight dressed in chain mail and surcoat, is thought to be John de Verdun (d1274) a close supporter of King Henry III. The effigy is sculpted from Barnack Rag stone, and can be found in the Saxon church of All Saints Brixworth, Northamptonshire.

 

Effigy of Priest - Radway, Warwickshire

Effigy of Priest - Radway, Warwickshire

This mid-fifteenth-century effigy depicts a priest shown vested for the celebration of Mass, carved in low relief and set beneath an architectural recess.

 

 

Elijah and John the Baptist - Tiffield, Northamptonshire

Elijah and John the Baptist - Tiffield, Northamptonshire

This two-light stained-glass window, dating from the late 1860s, was made by Clayton & Bell for the church at Tiffield. It pairs figures of the Old and New Testaments: Elijah the Prophet and St John the Baptist , linked typologically through their prophetic witness and ascetic character.

Elizabeth Darnell - Thrapston, Northamptonshire

Elizabeth Darnell - Thrapston, Northamptonshire

This wall monument, dated 1831, commemorates Elizabeth Darnell and is located at Thrapston, Northamptonshire. It was commissioned by her daughter, Mary Montague, and is signed by the sculptor Edward Physick (1810–1842), whose short career produced a small but refined body of funerary work.

Elizabeth Orme Monument - Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire

Elizabeth Orme Monument - Aston-le-Walls, Northamptonshire

An inscribed wall monument of white marble with black Ionic half-columns, surmounted by a sculpted bust and heraldic cartouche, commemorating Elizabeth Orme, who died on 20 January 1692. The monument combines classical architectural framing with emotive figurative carving, including a cherub’s head beneath the cornice, and belongs firmly to the late 17th-century English commemorative tradition.

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