English ironwork of the XVIIth & XVIIIth centuries; an historical & analytical account of the development of exterior smithcraft (1911)
Gardner, John Starkie, 1844-1930 · London, B. T. Batsford · leaf 525
should appropriately surmount churches dedicated to St. Edmund the Martyr. Wren occasionally, probably at the wish of incumbent orchurchwarden, fashioned vanes in the likeness of symbols of theSaints to whom the churches were dedicated, but they wererarely artistically successful. An example is… … FIG. 155. VANE ONTHE GREENWICHHOSPITAL DOME. Weathercocks and Vanes 311 Fire, as the picture of Sir Henry Dunton in the National PortraitGallery, painted about 1596, shows the central spire of St. PetersFaringdon, where he was buried, with a large key similarly placedfor vane, and the four lesser…
Ironwork · Decoration and ornament, English · Architecture
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