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XIV. Observations on Ancient Painting in England. In a Letter from Gov. Pownall, to the Rev. Michael Lort, D.D. V.P.A.S.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

T. Pownall
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Extract

As I send you inclosed a drawing of some of the figures in the painted cieling of the Cathedral of Peterborough, which I sketched out, I will accompany my description of this cieling with some observations on the Art of Paintings as practised in early times of England.

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Archaeologia , Volume 9 , 1789 , pp. 141 - 156
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1789

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References

page 143 note [a] Gervasius de St. Dunstano.

page 144 note [b] Sandrart Acciden Pict. p. 15, as quoted by Mr. Walpole.

page 151 note [c] Seven score.

page 152 note [d] Thirteen Hundred.