The canopied tomb known as the Wakeman Cenotaph at the entrance to St Dunstan's Chapel in Tewkesbury Abbey

Date:: 1853 - 1908

Location:: Tewkesbury Abbey, Abbey Precincts, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

Reference:: OP27296

Type:: Photograph (Albumen Print)

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Description

The monument is a canopied altar tomb topped with an effigy of a skeletal cadaver being crawled over by vermin. It is sometimes also referred to as Abbot J. Wakeman's tomb but its actual connection with him is not clear.

On the reverse of the mount for this photograph are two partial prints of unidentified images.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.

Content

This is part of the Series: RBO01/16 Early Photographic Print Collection: Gloucestershire; within the Collection: RBO01 Early Photographic Print Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Abbey, Medieval Altar Tomb, Church