Eton, Wall Paintings In Eton College Chapel 1930
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Eton College Chapel's interior is as magnificent as its exterior. Low wooden stalls along the walls of the choir accommodate the College; a large expanse of bare wall was left to be filled with a series of wall paintings. Pre-dating those in Winchester Cathedral, the paintings are unique: grisaille, in part the work of William Baker, they were done between 1479 and 1488. Later, the paintings suffered from drastic treatment at the hands of the Reformers, were wiped out in part in 1560, and were concealed by wainscoting; they were re-discovered in the chapel restoration work of 1847. In 1923 the canopies of the stalls were taken down and what remained of the paintings was completely uncovered and restored.
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