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Description: | A tomb surrounded by a frame with a monument sculpture at the base. The monument is formed of a wave-like ornament with a scroll entitled MAGNA CHARTA and a crown, orb and sceptre above it. The tomb has a crowned figure in medieval dress lying from right to left, with the head to the right and the feet resting on a lion. Behind the head by the left shoulder is a small clerical figure. The top of the frame is decorated with funeral lamps to each side and a shield with three lions to the centre.
Technique: etching
Technique: engraving (printing process)
medium: ink (black)
The Monument of King John in ye Cathedral Church of Worcester by Claude du Bosc, Hubert F. Gravelot (after), 1735, (1983.74). | Source: | Manchester City Galleries | Identifier: | mcag.emu.ecatalogue.102154 | Go to resource |
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