Richard Beauchamp

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The magnificent tomb of Richard Beauchamp, the centrepiece of the Chapel at St Mary's Warwick he founded and which to this day bears his name.

The purbeck marble tomb chest bears a splendid portrait of the deceased in armour in an attitude of prayer, gazing towards the image of Mary in the ceiling above the altar.

The effigy is one of the few surviving English medieval effigies executed in gilt bronze (most of the rest are in Westminster Abbey); this material is also used to great effect in the superb series of mourners and angels that decorate the tomb chest below.

It is interesting to compare this stunning, superbly executed monument, with it's attention to detail and naturalism, with the rather stiffer alabaster monument to the deceased's father, Thomas Beauchamp, in the church's main chancel.

The tomb is also unusual in preserving it's 'pall-cover', a semi-circular cage-like structure that arches over Beauchamp's effigy.

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	elycefeliz says: Nice shot! Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	Eric Hardy says: Hello Aidan, I have been enjoying your shots of the Beauchamp Chapel. This is almost a SNAP except I cropped it square. Eric Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	Aidan McRae Thomson says: Wow, that is a close match Eric! I like they way you've cropped the image, it allows one to focus more on the fine quality of the effigy, with less of the rather distracting details in the background. Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )
	jmc4 says: Leafed through a brochure on Warwick Castle yesterday, says Richard as Constable of Calais oversaw the trial and death of Joan of Arc. Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )
	Aidan McRae Thomson says: Yes I'd heard he'd had some in involvement in that, but wasn't sure to what extent. It is sad to think that the beauty of this chapel and monument are tainted by an association with the death of a heroine! Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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