The royal Windsor guide, with a brief account of EtonBrown, 1831 - 60 pages |
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... altar - piece of that venerable edifice , and was presented to the parish by George III . in 1788 , when the Collegiate Chapel uuderwent a general repair . Two handsomely - carved Gothic chairs , for the service of the officiating ...
... altar - piece of that venerable edifice , and was presented to the parish by George III . in 1788 , when the Collegiate Chapel uuderwent a general repair . Two handsomely - carved Gothic chairs , for the service of the officiating ...
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... altar , which will be described in the account of the choir , are of minor importance in point of size and attraction . The east window in the south aisle represents the Angel appearing unto the shepherds with the annunciation of the ...
... altar , which will be described in the account of the choir , are of minor importance in point of size and attraction . The east window in the south aisle represents the Angel appearing unto the shepherds with the annunciation of the ...
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... altar was designed by Mr. West and executed by Messrs . Jarvis and Forest , between the years 1785 and 1788. The subject is the Resurrection of our Saviour , which the artist has divided into three compartments ; in the fore- ground of ...
... altar was designed by Mr. West and executed by Messrs . Jarvis and Forest , between the years 1785 and 1788. The subject is the Resurrection of our Saviour , which the artist has divided into three compartments ; in the fore- ground of ...
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... ALTAR . ) The Choir . 40 plem Duke of Richmond . Duke of Devonshire . Duke of Dorset . Is Marquis of Hertford . Duke of Northumberland . Earl Bathurst . Duke of Newcastle . Marquis Wellesley . As Marquis of Stafford Earl of Hardwicke ...
... ALTAR . ) The Choir . 40 plem Duke of Richmond . Duke of Devonshire . Duke of Dorset . Is Marquis of Hertford . Duke of Northumberland . Earl Bathurst . Duke of Newcastle . Marquis Wellesley . As Marquis of Stafford Earl of Hardwicke ...
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... altar contain the arms of the sovereign and the knight - companions of the order in 1782 , 1799 , 1805 , and 1812. The arms of each knight are encompassed with the star and garter , and surmounted with his crest and coronet ; the George ...
... altar contain the arms of the sovereign and the knight - companions of the order in 1782 , 1799 , 1805 , and 1812. The arms of each knight are encompassed with the star and garter , and surmounted with his crest and coronet ; the George ...
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aged aisle altar ancient apartments arched battlemented beautiful beneath Bishop brass plate building Canon canopy Carlo Carlo Dolci carved ceiling celebrated centre CHAP charity Charles Charles II choir church Cloisters contains Countess curious Datchet daughter decease died Duchess Duke of York Earl east side edifice Edward Edward III Edward IV entrance erected Eton College executed family arms feet figure Forest forms front Garter gateway George III George's Chapel Gothic grave stone Guercino Head Henry VII High-street Holbein infant inscribed interred James John King King's Kneller Lady late Majesty Latin inscription Lodge Lord marble Mary memory monarch monument north terrace Old Windsor ornamented paintings Park Poor Knights Portrait present Prince principal provost Queen Anne Queen Charlotte Queen Elizabeth remains represented residence richly scholars sculptured Sir Peter Lely surmounted tablet tomb town Upper Ward Vandyck west end William WINDSOR CASTLE Woog
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Page 8 - Here hills and vales, the woodland and the plain, Here earth and water seem to strive again ; Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd, But, as the world, harmoniously confus'd : Where order in variety we see, And where, though all things differ, all agree.
Page 51 - There is an old tale goes, that Herne the hunter, Sometime a keeper here in Windsor forest, Doth all the winter time, at still midnight, Walk round about an oak, with great ragg'd horns ; And there he blasts the tree, and takes the cattle; And makes milch-kine yield blood, and shakes a chain In a most hideous and dreadful manner...
Page 11 - It was erected by Dr. James Denton, Canou of Windsor, for the use of the stipendiary priests and choristers who had no place assigned them in the College to keep their commons, and was fitted up by him with a culinary apparatus ; it is now attachrd to a dwelling-house.
Page 18 - III. and the first knights companions are carved with great accuracy and neatness, interspersed with ears of corn, fruit, pelicans, symbols of the order, and other ornamental devices. In the royal vault in the choir, which is near the eleventh stall on the sovereign's side, are the remains of Henry VIII. and his queen, Lady Jane Seymour, Charles I. and an infant daughter of the Princess George of Denmark, afterwards Queen Anne.
Page 16 - Over each stall, under a canopy of carved work, are the sword, mantle, helmet, and crest of each knight ; above these is the banner, on which are his armorial bearings, and at the back of the seat an engraved brass plate records his name, style, and titles. The stall of the Sovereign is distinguished...
Page 12 - Gaskoin, Servant to the late Princess Amelia, And this tablet to be erected In testimony of His grateful sense of The faithful service And attachment of An amiable young woman To his beloved daughter, "Whom she survived only three months; She died the 19tb of February, 1811, Aged 31 years.
Page 27 - In the xxxiiid year of his age. This monument was erected by the officers of the regiment, In which he had served more than fifteen years, In testimony of their high veneration for His distinguished military merit, And of their sincere regret for the loss of a companion So long endeared to their affections by hU Amiable manners and private virtues.
Page 31 - A flight of 100 steps, at the summit of which a piece of ordnance is let into the wall, commanding the whole range of the staircase, forms the ascent to the main body of the building. At the top of these an arched gateway leads into the principal apartments of the Tower, and at the sides are posterns opening upon a curtain battery.
Page 55 - Majesty and suite when taking the diversion of angling ; the roof is painted in various colours and ornamented with dragons and other grotesque figures, but the interior, comprising a spacious central apartment and two smaller ones at the wings, is fitted up with great plainness. A winding path among the plantations leads from this pavilion to a small hermitage situated on an ascent overhanging the water and lighted by latticed windows containing some curious specimens of ancient stained glass.
Page 7 - King's party. Edward I. and Edward II. made Windsor their principal residence ; it was likewise the, birth-place of several of their children, the most celebrated of whom was that prince " famous in history and of great renown,