Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Fisher, Thomas, 1781?-1836
Title:
A series of antient allegorical, historical, and legendary paintings, in fresco : discovered in the summer of 1804 on the walls of the chapel of the Trinity, belonging to the Gild of the Holy Cross, at Stratford-upon-Avon, in Warwickshire / from drawings made at the time of their discovery by Thomas Fisher ... ; also, a plan of the Chapel, facsimiles of various grants and indulgences to the gild ; with representations of one hundred and fifty public and private seals appended to them, facsimile extracts from the register of the gild ...
Published / Created:
London : Nichols and Son ..., 1836.
Physical Description:
[6], 8 p., [55] leaves of plates : ill., plan, facsims. ; 49 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Several plates by Hilkiah Burgess; others by and after Thomas Fisher.
Subject Terms:
Reeves, John -- Autograph, 1877. | Gild of the Holy Cross, The Blessed Mary, and St. John the Baptist (Stratford-upon-Avon) | Nichols and Son -- Publisher. | Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon. | Mural painting and decoration -- Great Britain. | Seals (Numismatics) -- Great Britain. | Stratford-upon-Avon (England) -- Antiquities. | Stratford-upon-Avon (England) -- Charters, grants, privileges.
Form/Genre:
Engravings -- 1836. | Engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1836. | Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1836. | Etchings -- Hand-colored -- 1836.
Contributors:
Nichols, John Gough, 1806–1873. | Burgess, Hilkiah, engraver.