button to main menu Detail of Bridekirk Font, Griffin and Monster
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Tullie House Museum : 1902.18.31
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Painting, watercolour, Detail of Bridekirk Font, Griffin and Monster, St Bridget's Church, Bridekirk, Cumberland, by William Gershom Collingwood, 1899.
Study of detail of font; a griffin and a sea monster supporting an orb framed by Greek Italian leaf moulding. The font dates from 12th centruy.
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.69.
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WGC Font, Bridekirk May 8 1899
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wxh, sheet:- 23x18cm