Great Hall of Hampton Court Palace

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Description
The Great Hall [Wolsey Hall] of the Hampton Court Palace in London, England. All of the walls are lined with tapestries in the Gothic Perpendicular style room. Shoulder mounts of several species with antlers are hung above the tapestries between each window or beside each sculpture on the entrance wall. Spare tables and chairs sit in the hall. Each stained glass window on the side wall are two rows of four arched panes. The entrance wall has two stained glassed windows at the ceiling of two arched panes each. Below those windows and above the doorway is a large stained glass window of three rows of windows. The top row of 14 arched panes. The two rows below the top row are made up of eight arched panes each row, the bottom row being shorter heights windows than the middle row. Above the entry door are three statues. One either side above the door is a knight standing guard. Directly above the door is a knight slaying a dragon.
Note
No date; possibly 1890sStamped on the back in blue ink"Wolsey Hall." Handwritten on back in pencil, "Hampton Court.", Digitizing agency: University of Missouri—Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
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Extent
1 photograph : black and white print ; 15 x 10 cm
Rights Note
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Source
Digitizing agency: University of Missouri--Kansas City. Library. Dr. Kenneth J. LaBudde Special Collections.
Unit
LaBudde Special Collections