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The grotesque in church art (1899)

Wildridge, Thomas Tindall · London, W. Andrews & co. · leaf 153

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ehicle is not thetumbril but a wheelbarrow, and the man propelling it isyounger than the lady, who is pulling his hair. I imaginethe man is apprentice or husband, and is not very cheerfullytrundling his companion home. A similar, but more definitemisericorde is in Ripon Cathedral. In this barrow,… … THE DOMESTIC AND POPULAR. *39 man a drink ; or it may be Noah wheeling his wife into theArk, which, it was one of the jokes in a Mystery play tosuppose she was very unwilling to enter.

Grotesque · Christian art and symbolism · Church decoration and ornament

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