Page:A tour through the northern counties of England, and the borders of Scotland - Volume II.djvu/232

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the Garden, and the Ascension. In the chapel at: Wardour-Castle, Wiltshire, a window with a re- presentation of the Holy Trinity, &c. In the banqueting-room at Arundel-Castle, Sussex; a window of great spirit and splendour Solomon entertaining the Queen of Sheba at a banquet. There are fourteen figures introduced, of which most are portraits of living noble characters. In Sundorn-Castle, Shropshire, the seat of John Corbet, esq; three windows Abraham offering up his son Isaac, Peter delivered from prison by an Angel, Angels weeping over a dead Christ. InPepplewick church, Nottinghamshire, over the altar, the figures of Faith and Hope, with emblems. In a window over the altar in the chapel at Barr, Staffordshire, the seat of Joseph Scott, esq; an Angel and Child. At Fonthill, the seat of Wm. Beckford, esq; Wiltshire; for the south front of the abbey erecting there, thirty-two figures of kings and knights William the Conqueror, and the eleven succeeding English monarchs; Robert: Far] of Glocester, Sir Hugh Randolph, John Lord Mont acute, Sir Hugh Hastings, Robert Fitz- hamon, Lawrence Hastings Karl of Pembroke, Sir Reginald Bray, Arthur Prince of Wales son to Henry VI 1. Sir Hugh Marville, Sir William Tracey, Gilbert deClare Earl of Glocester, Thomas

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