A series of antient allegorical, historical, and legendary paintings, in fresco : discovered in the summer of 1804 on the walls of the chapel of the Trinity, belonging to the Gild of the Holy Cross, at Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire / from drawings made at the time of their discovery by Thomas Fisher ... ; also, a plan of the Chapel, facsimiles of various grants and indulgences to the gild ; with representations of one hundred and fifty public and private seals appended to them, facsimile extracts from the register of the gild ...
Published / Created:
London : Nichols and Son ..., 1836.
Physical Description:
[6], 8 p., [55] leaves of plates : ill., plan, facsims. ; 49 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A N 145 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundRare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A N 145 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Several plates by Hilkiah Burgess; others by and after Thomas Fisher.British Art Center has 2 copies. Copy 1 has t.p., appendixes and several other pages hand-ruled in red. Bookseller suggests that this is the copy used by John Nichols to plan a new ed.Copy 2 has the autograph of John Reeves and is imperfect: 2 leaves of plates & 8 p. (Appendixes at end) wanting.Added lithographed t.-p., dated 1807."Legends of the invention and exaltation of the Holy Cross:" Appendix 1, p. 1-5 at end."Legend of St. Thomas Archbishop of Canterbury:" Appendix 2, p. [6]-8 at end.
Subject Terms:
Reeves, John -- Autograph, 1877. | Gild of the Holy Cross, The Blessed Mary, and St. John the Baptist (Stratford-upon-Avon) | Nichols and Son -- Publisher. | Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon. | Mural painting and decoration -- Great Britain. | Seals (Numismatics) -- Great Britain. | Stratford-upon-Avon (England) -- Antiquities. | Stratford-upon-Avon (England) -- Charters, grants, privileges.