Effigies of Adam de Walsoken (d.1349) and Margaret his wife in St Margaret's Church, King's Lynn
John Sell Cotman (Norwich 1782 – London 1842)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1818
Materials
Paper
Measurements
74.5 x 57 cm
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Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 353910
Summary
Print, etching, Effigies of Adam de Walsoken (d.1349) and Margaret his wife in St Margaret's Church, King's Lynn by John Sell Cotman (Norwich 1782 – London 1842). Mayor of King's Lynn. Drawn, etched and published by J.S. Cotman 1818.Brass monument showing a man and wife in medieval dress, hands joined in prayer, the man to left with receding curly hair, angels at their heads and animals at their feet, saints in niches in vertical rows to either side and between them, arcaded panels showing Christ holding their souls with four angels above each head, a hunting scene and another showing a woman carried in a litter following a man on horseback towards a windmill, along the bottom, with a Latin inscription around the edge. The Latin inscription reads: 'Qui iacet Adam de Walsoken quondam Burgens Lenn qui obiit quinto die mensis iunii anno Dni millesimo tridentesimo quadragesimo nono Margareta uxor eius Cleves nata quorum anime per Dei misericordiam in pave requiescant Amen'; another inscription at the feet of the figures reads 'cum faex cum limus cum resuilissima sumus unde superbimus ad terram terra redimus'
Makers and roles
John Sell Cotman (Norwich 1782 – London 1842)