 | Ecclesiological Society - Church buildings - 1849 - 380 pages
...magnificent work on Monumental Brasses, describmg this example, say that, "considered as a work of art, it will be found that the figure is ill-proportioned,...large a surface must have cost many weeks of patient labour." Sir John was succeeded by his eldest son, also a Sir John, who, dying in 1327, was buried... | |
 | Surrey Archaeological Society - Surrey (England) - 1907 - 386 pages
...wears to-day. " Considered as a work of art," say the Messrs. Waller, in their Monumental Brasses, "it will be found that the figure is ill-proportioned,...judiciously contrived; whilst as a production of the 1 Many of the incised slabs, especially the Continental examples, retain, or show traces of, ornamentation... | |
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Brasses, describmg this example, say that, "considered as a work of art, it will be found that the figure is ill-proportioned, but the arrangement of the drapery judiciously contrived ; whilst, as a production of the burin, this brass is not excelled... 