Fettiplace Tomb in St Mary the Virgin, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire
Category
Photographs
Date
Unknown
Materials
Card
Measurements
97 x 177 mm
Collection
Fox Talbot Museum, Wiltshire
NT 1522269
Summary
A monochrome gelatine silver print stereograph of the Fettiplace Tomb in St Mary the Virgin, Swinbrook, Oxfordshire The 2 images, with rectangular top edges, are mounted in a medium grey card frame with rounded corners and no space between them. The image shows the 1686 tomb decorated in richly ornamented Carolean fashion. Here, every surface appears to be gilded and painted, and the effect is stunning. This is 17th-century style at its most ornate and grandiose. On the top is Sir Edmund Fettiplace (d. 1686), and under him Sir John Fettiplace (d. 1672), and on the bottom is John Fettiplace (d. 1657). Again, these are arranged with the oldest at the bottom and newest at the top. There is an addition Fettiplace tomb constructed in 1613. The image was quite likely taken by T.H. Pettipher of Oxfordshire, based on similar images in the same set. Marking:Recto, Handwritten in pencil vertically on the right hand side " Monuments in Swinbrook Church".Verso, Nil
Provenance
Donated on 5 September 2012 to the Fox Talbot Museum by Mrs Sylvia Warwick.