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Jun. 16th, 2015 10:01 am
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These little chaps are part of an early 18th century wall memorial in St Peter's, Bexhill.

Date: 2015-06-16 03:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puddleshark.livejournal.com
Hmm. Strangely disturbing putti...

Date: 2015-06-16 05:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
Certainly not over-sweet, are they!

Date: 2015-06-16 03:46 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com
You know, I half wonder if those are actually death masks.......

Date: 2015-06-16 05:52 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
Oo-er...

I doubt it.

I mean I haven't ever heard of that happening (but what do we know about the practices of 18th century master masons?)

They certainly look like they could be portraits.

Date: 2015-06-16 08:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com
Nor I, but grieving people did (and do) strange things.

Date: 2015-06-16 08:19 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] poliphilo.livejournal.com
The tablet commemorates a clergyman who died in his seventies and his wife who died in her sixties. No mention of any children.

Date: 2015-06-17 07:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cmcmck.livejournal.com
It's certainly rather strange!

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