The Eleanor Cross, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire (after Edward Blore after William Alexander)
Henry Le Keux (London 1787-1868)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper
Measurements
410 x 324 mm
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Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 730938
Summary
Print, engraving, The Eleanor Cross, Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire (after Edward Blore after William Alexander) by Henry Le Keux (1787-1868). Drawn by E. Blore from a sketch by the late W Alexander, engraved by Henry le Keux. At the centre of Waltham Cross is one of the three surviving medieval Eleanor Crosses, a memorial commemorating the over-night resting place of Queen Eleanor’s coffin on its processional journey from Lincoln to Westminster Abbey in 1290. The cross is hexagonal in plan,in three stages. The main stage has three statues of the Queen, each standing in a niche under a canopy, while the other three faces have a niche bisected by a buttress. The original sculptures were by Alexander of Abingdon.
Makers and roles
Henry Le Keux (London 1787-1868), engraver (printmaker) after William Alexander (Maidstone 1767 -Maidstone 1816), artist Edward Blore (Stamford 1787 – London 1879), artist