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, Spain copyright: Javier San José Lera. |
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Strasburg almanac | ||||
drawing 1869 also in Wilson's Almanac Book of Days |
19th century copy sketch by |
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stained glass1901 Kingston |
print 1907 |
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stamp 1981 England |
1981 stamp [detail] |
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 | ||||
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 |
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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