pipe and tabor players as
architectural features in the UK
Betley Window
originally at Betley Court, Staffordshire
stained glass
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late 15th century Germany |
16th century stone carving, Salamanca, Spaincopyright: Javier San José Lera. |
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Strasburg almanac |
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drawing 1869 also inWilson's Almanac Book of Days |
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print 1907 |
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stamp 1981 England |
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applique 1984 |
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embroidery 1985 |
Cecil Sharp House, London |
Wedgewood glass copy (Thanks to Terry Carter) |
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1480 Munich, Germany, modern copy |
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1844 frontispiece |
1864 book:
'Old England: A Pictorial Museum of Regal, Ecclesiastical, Municipal, Baronial And Popular Antiquities' |
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Kingston Museum |
stained glass1901 Kingston, London |
glass etching 1990 |
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The original window size is 38" by 15". The three principal versions of the Window are full-colour versions in glass - namely the original in the V&A, copy (1981) still in Betley, and another copy (1901) in the Museum and Heritage Centre , Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey.
A paper copy of the pipe and tabor player can be purchased online; also here.
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