tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post1681240383317463043..comments2024-03-25T15:10:13.792+00:00Comments on English Buildings: Wisbech, CambridgeshirePhilip Wilkinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-70635634690647891052016-08-12T14:38:25.246+01:002016-08-12T14:38:25.246+01:00The fine plaster Royal Arms in Market Harborough C...The fine plaster Royal Arms in Market Harborough Church are dated 1660. As the town had supported Parliament during the Civil War it was no doubt considered politically expedient to have a show of loyalty to the Restored Monarchy.Stephen Barkernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-54756326223290718102016-08-11T17:57:47.490+01:002016-08-11T17:57:47.490+01:00There's certainly some artistry about this car...There's certainly some artistry about this carving. It would have needed a big corner to conceal it...but maybe such a corner was found.<br />Philip Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04893714514416441572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4228081722487474323.post-11820525896110589722016-08-11T17:31:02.596+01:002016-08-11T17:31:02.596+01:00I must have seen this during my time in Wisbech. B...I must have seen this during my time in Wisbech. But have no memory of it. Yes, we can walk among countless buildings as if our eyes are shut. Full marks to this blog for helping us to notice the details! <br /><br />Heraldic carving is not as straightforward an art as some seem to believe: an article in Tribute to an Armorist (Heraldry Society, 2000) by Anthony Wood quotes opinions belittling this art because figures are stereotyped, but I reckon really good heraldic art has had a small number of practitioners. These arms in Wisbech would probably have been by one of them. Could the artistry (or careful concealment in some corner) have protected them from being chopped up in Cromwell's time? Joseph Biddulph (Publisher)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08655472675410890012noreply@blogger.com