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originally another fizure, but it has been 
deftroyed to make room fora flue. To- 
wards the north entrance is a figure with 
wings compofed of peacock’s feathers, 
beautifully coloured, and richly gilt. The 
back ground is azure, emboffed with {pider 
ftars. The glory, which is round the head of 
this, as well as feveral other figures, is of 
bright burnifhed gold; their drefles are 
blue, green, or red, emboffed with {mall 
pateras or other devices in white and 
gold. Several of them hold before thema 
fort of mantle, on which are various de- 
vices: on one are elephants and caftles in 
burnifhed gold, in allufion to the Caftile 
family. It is worthy of remark, that the 
artift, not knowing the figure of this ani- 
mal, has invariably made the probofcis 
taper the wrong way—(mall at the part 
next the head, and gradually enlarging to 
the end, which is fhaped like a trumpet. 
The mantles are red and blue, and fome 
of them decorated with fpread eagles, 
others with doves, others, with dragons, 
and on one is a gilt pelican with red 
wings and claws, in the a¢t of piercing its 
own breaft, but without the young ones 
under it. On each fide of one of the north 
doors are two angels, and a boy holding 
a taper, in tolerable prefervation. All 
thefe figures are under pointed arches of 
a form fo pure, elegant, and picturefque, 
that we cannot help recommending them 
to the ferious contemplation of all fuch 
architects as wifh to produce a proper 
effect from the introduétion of the order 
which has been generally and vulgarl 
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Over the figures, onaninverted frieze, are 
the armorial bearings of the royal family, 
nobility, &c. on eighteen fhields. The 
feries commences- with the crofs of St. 
George ; then follow the arms of the Eaft 
Angles, of Edward the Confeffor, of Ed- 
ward III. impaled with thofe of his 
Queen, Philippa of Hainault. Royal arms, 
fuppofed to be thofe of Edward the Black 
Prince: three other royal arms, fuppofed to 
be his brothers, but partly effaced by 
time. Prom the other fhields, we have 
felected thofe of fuch of the nobles, &c. 
as were honoured with the order of the 
garter,which was inftituted in this reign: 
‘Roger Mortimer, Earlof March. Henry 
Plantagenet, Duke of Lancafter. Thomas 
Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick,died 1369. 
Ralph Stafford, Marl of Stafford, ditto 1373, 
William Montacute,Earl of Salifbury, ditto 
3396. Dhomas Holland, Earl of Kent, ditto 
4360. James Audley, Lord Audiey, ditto 
4396. Sir John Chandos, K.B. 1370. 
‘Lhe laf thield is that of Lord Chifcrd, 
Retrofpeli of the Fine Arts. 
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of Wefmoreland ; two of them are fo much 
defaced, that they cannot be afcertained. 
_ Between each of the fhields are fmall 
grotefque paintings, on fubjeéts fomewhat 
fimilar to thofe of Breugel d’Enfer, or Hell 
Breughel, fome of them of a nature 
not very fit for the decoration of a place of 
worfhip, though not worfe than the car- 
vings on the feats in Henry VIIth’s cha- 
pel. They are painted and fhadowed in 
lake, on a vert ground, Above the fields 
was an open battlement, filled with ftained 
glafs of various colours, interfperfed with 
flowers, fprigs, leaves &c. and fo per- 
fectly vitrified, that the colours in fome 
cafes have penetrated half through the 
glafs, which is not ground, but of a very 
uneven thicknefs; in one part of the pane 
near two inches, and in another, not half 
an inch. 
The firt piure on the fouth-eaft fide 
of the altar, is the firft miracle of turning 
water into wine, at the marriage at Cana. 
The painter has beautifully deliteated Je- 
fus Chrift as a youth, with a glory, which 
gives additional light to che head. 
The fubje&t of the next pitture, though 
not quite fo obvious, is in all probability - 
from the book of Job 1ft chap.19, where 
the meffenger acquainting him with the 
various and afflicting calamities of his 
houfe, thus continues, —** And behold there 
came a great winde from the wildernefe, 
and {mote the four corners of the boufe, and 
it fell upon ihe young men, and they are 
dead, and I only am efcaped alone to tell 
thee.’ Admitting this to be the fubjeé, 
the devil is here reprefented as coming in 
the north wind. : 
Another of this feries reprefents the Va- 
tivity. In the hand of the angel appear- 
ing to the fhepherds, is a {croll, on whicla 
fomewhat appears to have been written, 
but is erafed. The angels have blue 
wings ; one of them appears to be play- 
ing on two pipes, which are fafened 
together by a ftring that hangs hoole. 
Among other improprieties which yet have 
been famttioned by the greateft painters, 
we find inthis picture a molt {plendid ver- 
million: counterpane. Some of the thep- 
herds are knecling in humble adoration: 
fome of thofe beneath, are rearing up loag 
forked rods, or ftakes, to make a fheep~ 
penn, and one of them carefling a lamb, 
In the next picture, of the Pre/entatio 
the Virgin is arrayed in a beautiful blue 
and brown drapery, and making the offer- 
ing of a doye, The head of Jofeph in 
this picture is admirably ps«nted: per- 
haps better than any thing in the chapel. 
‘Ta accord with the king and St. George 
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