Sujet

The Eagle lectern in New College Chapel, Oxford, 1864. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The Eagle lectern in New College Chapel, Oxford, 1864. 'An Eagle Lectern...has recently been presented to New College by the Senior Fellow, the Rev. W. Bigg Wither. It is the work of an amateur, the Rev. R. Baker, of Hargrave, Northamptonshire, Curate of Shelton, Bedfordshire, who exercises his art for the benefit of the restoration-fund of Hargrave Church. The bird is studied from the living eagle, and is almost a reproduction of the one exhibited in the International Exhibition of 1862. The lectern was designed by Mr. E. F. Law, of Northampton, and was highly appreciated by the committee of the Northamptonshire Architectural Society. It consists of a centre octagonal pedestal, upon the cap of which the eagle stands with expanded wings. This pedestal is supported on four sides by flying buttresses...each of which is surmounted by the figure of an angel, representing, on the north, Mercy; on the south, Praise; on the east, Prayer; and on the west, Justice. The lectern is of a large size, standing eight feet high, and is well proportioned'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A14_449

Model release

NA

Property release

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

9,0Mo (561,8Ko) / 10,9cm x 20,7cm / 1284 x 2443 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal university religious education arts bird birds religion eagle sculpture art British church color bird of prey decoration decorative Christianity angel century Oxford University angels Britain ecclesiastical newspapers press lectern print concept decorated B&W raptor engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black bookstand nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News New College New College Chapel ILN newspaper Unknown 19th-century book rest