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Drawing, The Standing Cross, at St Mary and St Bega's
Church, St Bees, Cumberland, by William Gershom Collingwood,
about 1899.
Sketch of the four sides of a cross shaft. The left side
bears carved decoration of debased plaiting and a dragon.
The two slimmer sides bear decoration of figure of eight
plaits whilst the final side has a large double strand
plait, the centre of design being filled with two dragons as
terminations of interlaced bands.
Drawn to illustrate Notes on the Early Sculptured Crosses,
Shrines and Monuments in the Present Diocese of Carlisle, by
Rev William Slater Calverley, published by T Wilson, Kendal
1899; opposite p.260.
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