Wings Gallery

The Evangelical Symbols, 800 AD, (20th century)

The Evangelical Symbols, 800 AD, (20th century). The winged man is St Matthew, the winged lion St Mark, the winged ox St Luke and the eagle represents St John. A 20th-century copy of the illustrated manuscript, produced by Celtic monks around AD 800. Illustration from The Book of Kells, described by Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart, 4th edition, published in London in about 1920

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Ancient Egyptian decoration, (1898). Creator: Unknown

Ancient Egyptian decoration, (1898). Examples of architecture and painting from Ancient Egypt: Fig 1: Painted relief-figure from a column of the temple at Denderah. Figs 2 and 3: Paintings from mummy-cases. Figs 4 and 5: From a mummy-case in the Louvre, Paris. Fig 6: Painted border from a sarcophagus. Fig 7: Border from a mummy-case. British Museum, London. Fig 8: Ornament on wooden sarcophagus. London. Fig 9: Border on a mummy-case. British Museum. Fig 10: Portion of a collar. London. Fig 11: Painting on a sarcophagus. London'. Plate 1 from "The Historic Styles of Ornament" translated from the German of H. Dolmetsch. [B.T. Batford, London, 1898]

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A Fiery Spirit, 1613, (1942). Creator: Inigo Jones

A Fiery Spirit, 1613, (1942). Masque design for "The Lord's Maske" written by the poet and musician Thomas Campion. It was performed, alongside "The Tempest", as part of festivities in 1612-1613 to celebrate the marriage of James I's daughter Elizabeth to Frederick the Elector Palatine. From "English Music, by W. J. Turner. [Collins, London, 1942]

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