Gallery Title
Gallery Title
Crypt under the Free (Grammar) School Chapel, Norwich
Accession Number NWHCM : 1929.89.21
Description
Drawing, 'Crypt under the Free (Grammar) School Chapel' by Henry Ninham (1793-1874), watercolour on paper, 1848; 15 cm x 19.3 cm; inscription backing paper 'crypt under the Free School Norwich / This was formerly the Lower Charnel Chapel and dedicated like the upper Chapel of St. John the Evangelist in 1421 / The Great John Wodehouse founded a chantry here in honour of the Trinity and Five Wounds of Christ into this charnel (?) with the leave of the Sacrist of the Cathedral / the bones of any who died in Norwich might be brought / if dry and clean from flesh / there to be decently preserved to the last day! / it is now a / Grocers warehouse / HH'
Artist
Ninham, Henry
Creation Date
1848
Measurements
15 cm
Department
Fine Art : Norwich Castle Museum
Inscription
Crypt under the Free School Norwich / This was formerly the Lower Charnel Chapel and dedicated like the upper Chapel of St. John the Evangelist in 1421 / The Great John Wodehouse founded a chantry here in honour of the Trinity and Five Wounds of Christ - Into this charnel with the leave of the Sacrist of the Cathedral, the bones of any who died in Norwich might be brought, if dry and clean from flesh, there to be decently preserved to the last day! / it is now a / Grocers warehouse / HH
