The Funeral Procession of William Canynges (c.1399-1474) to St Mary Redcliffe 1474
Edward Villiers Rippingille (King’s Lynn 1798 – Birmingham 1859)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1822 - 1822 (exhibited)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
660 x 1092 mm (26 x 43 in)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Clevedon Court, North Somerset
NT 624192
Caption
This crowded historical scene shows a funeral procession with many figures in front of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. Canynge (c.1399-1474), a rich English merchant, MP and five times Mayor of Bristol, one assumes, must have been a popular man. He rebuilt St Mary Redcliffe and having taken holy orders in 1469, after the death of his wife, became dean of the college of Westbury. The painting apparently includes, anachronistically, the local poets Robert Southey (1774 – 1843) and Thomas Chatterton ( 1752 – 1770), the one holding the lute, and who wrote a poem about him, under the pseudonym, as a 15th century writer, Thomas Rowley: “Payncters and carvellers have gaind good name, But there's a Canynge, to encrease the store, A Canynge, who sall buie uppe all theyre fame.” It was exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1822 to great acclaim.
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Funeral Procession of William Canynge to St Mary Redcliffe, 1474 by Edward Villiers Rippingille (King's Lynn 1798- Birmingham 1859), exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1822. Canynge was an English merchant, Mayor of Bristol and MP. He rebuilt St Mary Redcliffe and having taken orders in 1469 became dean of the college of Westbury.Procession with many figures in front of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol.
Provenance
Accepted in lieu of tax 1995 from the estate of Lady Margaret Ann Elton (1915 -1995) and transferred to The National Trust in 1998
Credit line
Clevedon Court, The Elton Collection (accepted in lieu by HM Government and transferred to The National Trust in 1998)
Makers and roles
Edward Villiers Rippingille (King’s Lynn 1798 – Birmingham 1859), artist
References
Clevedon Court [The National Trust] revised 1972, 1974, 1977, 1979, p.29