The Wakeman Cenotaph at the entrance to St Dunstan's Chapel in Tewkesbury Abbey

Date:
1900 - 1946
Location:
Tewkesbury Abbey, Abbey Precincts, Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire
Reference:
OP27297
Type:
Photograph (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.

Archival History

This photograph was withdrawn from the open Red Box Collection for conservation reasons during the 2011-2012 Red Box Project.

The photograph was received by the National Buildings Record on 14th October 1946.

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

People & Organisations

Donor: Bicknell, Phillis Ellen

Keywords

Church, Medieval Altar Tomb, Abbey