Stiffleaf's photos with the keyword: church monument

banham knight c.1300

banham knight c.1300

Stiffleaf
19 Oct 2009 234
As this is covered with thick paint it is difficult to know how much is wood and how much victorian wishful thinking, but interesting for position of hands.
banham knight

banham knight

Stiffleaf
19 Oct 2009 336
a wooden figure, not that this is obvious at first sight as the effigy is covered with some foul paint that made me think it a fibreglass copy . Prob.c.1300
landwade transept

landwade transept

Stiffleaf
19 Oct 2009 290
view to the north transept from the south, with the Cotton tomb of 1593 and Cotton hatchments of the C18th
landwade tomb 1593

landwade tomb 1593

Stiffleaf
19 Oct 2009 236
Sir John Cotton 1593
landwade tomb 1712

landwade tomb 1712

Stiffleaf
19 Oct 2009 232
sir John Cotton d.1712 and wife Elizabeth. Two putti hold portraits in front of a pyramid obelisk
landwade tomb 1593

landwade tomb 1593

Stiffleaf
19 Oct 2009 322
nice strapwork achievement on this Elizabethan tomb, Sir John Cotton [who else!] d.1593
landwade tomb 1620

landwade tomb 1620

Stiffleaf
19 Oct 2009 265
Sir John Cotton 1620[actually there are at least 4 Sir John Cottons buried here!]
landwade tomb 1712

landwade tomb 1712

Stiffleaf
19 Oct 2009 255
Sir John Cotton d.1712 , not really my cup of tea, but a wonderful bit of carving all the same.