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‘Sunbeams and shadows’: exhibiting the collection at Westminster Abbey
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 4-8
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Author:
Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
Subjects
artists:
McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA) / Wren, Christopher / Read, Nicholas / Rysbrack, Michael
dates:
2000-2099 / 2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Architectural models / Displays / Effigies / Sculpture / Wax sculpture / Wood sculpture / Stained glass / Stone
museums and institutions:
Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
British architecture / Architectural history / Architectural materials / Galleries (display spaces) / Art museums / Museums / Churches / Cathedrals / Abbeys / Commemorative monuments / Lighting / Restoration (process) / Conservation / Damage to works of art / Religious architecture / Religious art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, showing part of the section Building Westminster Abbey. 2018. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
2. The gallery before the installation of the displays. 2017. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
3. Floorplan of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries and the Weston Tower, showing the themed sections: Westminster Abbey & the Monarchy (orange); Worship & Daily Life (pale blue); Building Westminster Abbey (pink); and The Abbey and National Memory (dark blue). (© MUMA).
Attributed works:
4. Part of the Building Westminster Abbey and Worship and Daily Life sections of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. The case on the right contains the Westminster Retable, the high altarpiece of Henry III’s Abbey (1259–69). (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
7. View of the Abbey’s interior from The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. 2018. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
5. The Undercroft Museum, Westminster Abbey. Photograph c.1930s. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
6. The wax funeral effigy of Charles II, photographed in the Upper Islip Chapel in 1896. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).