Two woodcarvings in Worcester Cathedral, page, photomechanical print, Above a woman and a man with a sword and torch between two fantastical creatures, below Adam and Eve eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil among four birds., number: 'XIX, XX', c. 1863 - in or before 1873, paper, Woodburytype, Woodburytypie, height 306 mm x width 244 mm, interior of church, fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'), 'Mostri' (Ripa), Adam and Eve holding (and possibly eating) the fruit, carving, applied arts, A sepia-toned photograph shows two horizontal carved wooden panels mounted on a lighter background, each panel featuring raised sculptural reliefs. The top panel depicts two standing human figures in robes at its center, the left figure with wings behind and hands raised, the right figure holding a torch-like object and a staff, flanked on each side by stylized animal heads with curled bodies that face inward. The lower panel shows a central scene of two smaller human ...
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Two woodcarvings in Worcester Cathedral, page, photomechanical print, Above a woman and a man with a sword and torch between two fantastical creatures, below Adam and Eve eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil among four birds., number: 'XIX, XX', c. 1863 - in or before 1873, paper, Woodburytype, Woodburytypie, height 306 mm x width 244 mm, interior of church, fabulous animals (sometimes wrongly called 'grotesques'), 'Mostri' (Ripa), Adam and Eve holding (and possibly eating) the fruit, carving, applied arts, A sepia-toned photograph shows two horizontal carved wooden panels mounted on a lighter background, each panel featuring raised sculptural reliefs. The top panel depicts two standing human figures in robes at its center, the left figure with wings behind and hands raised, the right figure holding a torch-like object and a staff, flanked on each side by stylized animal heads with curled bodies that face inward. The lower panel shows a central scene of two smaller human figures and a serpentine or dragon-like creature entwined between them, with large bird-like creatures with detailed wings positioned on either side of the composition; both panels include ornamental framing elements and visible wood grain.

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Two woodcarvings Worcester Cathedral page photomechanical print woman man sword torch two fantastical creatures Adam Eve eating tree knowledge good evil four birds number Xix Xx c 1863 - 1873 paper Woodburytype Woodburytypie height 306 mm x width 244 mm interior church fabulous animals sometimes wrongly called grotesques Mostri Ripa Eve holding eating fruit carving applied arts sepia-toned photograph two horizontal carved wooden panels mounted lighter background panel featuring raised sculptural reliefs top panel depicts two standing human figures robes center left figure wings hands raised right figure holding torch- object staff flanked side stylized animal heads curled bodies face inward lower panel central scene two smaller human figures serpentine dragon- creature entwined them large bird- creatures detailed wings positioned composition panels include ornamental framing elements visible wood grain

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