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The Flight of Jane Shore

This painting by Val Prinsep was gifted to the National Gallery of Victoria in 1934 by A L Prinsep. It depicts a woman, who the title identifies as Jane Shore, crouching under a bridge in an attempt to hide from a group of soldiers looking to arrest…

Tags: art, Edward IV (1442-1483), Elizabeth Shore (1445-1527), imprisonment, Jane Shore (1445-1527), Ludgate prison, mistress, Pre-Raphaelite, Richard III (1452-1485), royal mistress, Thomas Grey (c.1455-1501), Vic, Victoria, Wars of the Roses, William Hastings (c.1430-1483)

Framed coat of arms - General Sir John Monash

Hand drawn and coloured picture of the Monash coat of arms, which has been signed vertically 'R K PEACOCK'. The image shows a blue shield divided horizontally by a gold band. Above the band are five eight pointed gold stars. Beneath the band is a…

"Gargoyles of Melbourne: Quaint and Curious Carvings by John Russell Parry," in The Argus

Gargoyles of Melbourne_The Argus_10 August 1929_p10.pdf

A lengthy illustrated article by John Russell Parry about gargoyles in Melbourne that appeared in the Melbourne newspaper The Argus on August 10, 1929. The article provides the etymology of 'gargoyle', derived from Latin via Old French, and explains…

Tags: carving, gargoyle, gargoyles, Gothic, gothic architecture, John Russell Parry, Latin, Melbourne, Old French, sculptor, sculpture, The Argus, Vic, Victoria

Church of England, Fremantle

A black and white photograph of St John the Evangelist Anglican Church in Fremantle taken by renowned WA photographer Izzy Orloff in the 1920s. St John the Evangelist is a neo-gothic Church located in the centre of Fremantle. It was designed by W.…

Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Saints Peter and Paul, Mullewa

The church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul is in the small rural Western Australian town of Mullewa. The church was built between 1920 and 1927 to the design of Monsignor John Cyril Hawes, who was the priest at Mullewa. His design for…

Tags: bas-relief, bell tower, Byzantine, Byzantium, campanile, Catholic, Church, column, dome, John Cyril Hawes, Monsignor Hawes, Mullewa, Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul, Romanesque, sculpture, semi-circular arch, WA, Western Australia

Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul, Mullewa

The church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul is in the small rural Western Australian town of Mullewa. The church was built between 1920 and 1927 to the design of Monsignor John Cyril Hawes, who was the priest at Mullewa. His design for…

Tags: bas-relief, bell tower, Byzantine, campanile, Catholic, Church, column, dome, John Cyril Hawes, Monsignor Hawes, Mullewa, Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul, Romanesque, sculpture, semi-circular arch, WA, Western Australia

Interior, Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul, Mullewa

The church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul is in the small rural Western Australian town of Mullewa. The church was built between 1920 and 1927 to the design of Monsignor John Cyril Hawes as his parish church. Hawes was also the…

Tags: Catholic, Church, column, dome, John Cyril Hawes, Monsignor Hawes, Mullewa, Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul, Romanesque, sanctuary, sculpture, semi-circular arch, vaulted ceiling, WA, Western Australia

West front, Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul, Mullewa

The church of Our Lady of Mt Carmel and Sts Peter and Paul is in the small rural Western Australian town of Mullewa. The church was built between 1920 and 1927 to the design of Monsignor John Cyril Hawes, who was the priest at Mullewa. His design for…

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