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APPENDIX. l 
Aypemir. 
SCULPTURES OF WELLS CATHEDRAL, 
See Proceedings, page 58, Note f 
HE committee have the agreeable task of announeing that 
m. restoration of the figure of King Edward the Elder, 
(the fall of which is mentioned in the account of the proceedings 
at Wells, page 55, et seg.), has been undertaken by Mr. Mark- 
land, with the consent of the chapter. He has committed the 
work to Mr. Richardson, the able artist who so well restored the 
sculptures of the Temple Church, London, and whose work may 
be seen, on a smaller scale, in the restored seulptures on the 
spandrils of the west door of St. Mary’s Church, Taunton. The 
fragments have been colleeted and eramped together ; the larger 
missing details will be moulded by the artist. Both the restorer 
and the sculptor were most desirous that, if not found impractica- 
ble, the figure itself should be replaced. A copy, however 
skilfully executed, would have been an unsatisfactory substitute. 
Mr. Richardson, after a minute examination of the lower re- 
maining statues, states that they much exceeded his expectation, 
and that their details are full of interest. He adds that the 
whole series may be restored at a moderate expense. 
The committee trust that Mr. Markland may have the grati- 
fication of seeing the work which he has so nobly commenced, 
taken up in a kindred spirit, and carried on to the complete 
restoration of one of the most magnificent works that can be 
found in this or any country. 
