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Tullie House Museum : 1902.18.39
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Painting, watercolour, Detail of Bewcastle Cross, Bewcstle, Cumberland, by William Gershom Collingwood, 1899.
Study of a sundial on the Bewcastle Cross; it is incorporated into the design of scrolling foliage and fruit. The sundial dates from 7th century.
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.54.
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W.G. Collingwood Bewcastle. 1899
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