Ford Madox Brown (16 April 1821 – 6 October 1893) was born in Calais to English parents and studied art at Antwerp. He joined William Morris' design company, Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co., in 1861.
21
Mar
2011
Formicidae
Submitted by walwyn
The Formicidae is a very large family of which contains the Ants. There are estimated to be 22,000 species of which 12,000 have been classified. All are social insects, living in colonies and having a female (queen), male, and worker castes.
High up in the clerestory of the north wall of the chancel, are a sequence of medieval stained glass panels documenting the legend and founding of the priory at Great Malvern.
This window in Bourges Cathedral dates from 1460s and depict the four evangelists. In the tracery panels is the adoration of the Virgin.
This window in Bourges Cathedral depicts four of the Latin fathers of the church, whilst the tracery panels are on the theme of the Last Judgement.
12
Sep
2009
Fournier, Julien Studios - Tour
Submitted by walwyn
This seems to have been a major company in the last half of the C19. Nearly every church I visited in the Loir-et-Cher had examples of their work.
Memorial brass to Frances Benyon wife of parish minister (d1687).
This tomb dedicated to Francesco Algarotti (d1764), in the Camposanto Monumentale, Pisa, was designed by Mauro Antonio Tesi. It was erect on the instructions of Frederick the Great of Prussia.
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