Wildridge, T. Tindall (Thomas Tindall) · London, W. Andrews · leaf 184
\ ‘ COMPOUND FORMS. 167 Another curious bird combination is in a carving in the Architectural Museum, Tufton Street, London, from an un- known church. This is a semi-human … because when sleeping it assumes the shape of a heart. An unusual compound is that of a swan with the agreeable head of a young woman, in St. George's Chapel, Windsor. This may be one of the swan-sisters in the old story of the “ Knight of the Swan.” The initial letter of this section is a fine…
Art, European · Grotesque · Christian art and symbolism · Church decoration and ornament
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
