Monument to William, 1st Baron Crofts (d. 1677) and his second wife, Elizabeth, Church of St Nicholas, Little Saxham, Suffolk
The vestry houses the massive baroque monument to William, 1st Baron Crofts and his second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Lord Spencer of Wormleighton, by Abraham Storey. In his Dictionary of British Sculptors, 1660 - 1851, Rupert Gunnis wrote: Storey's monuments are of great importance, his finest being one commemorating Lord and Lady Crofts at Little Saxham, Suffolk, which was erected about 1678. This has a life-sized, semi-recumbent figure of Lord Crofts in full peer's robes, while his wife reclines on a lower table. It is signed on the right side, Story Fecit, and his initials appear on the seal which His Lordship is holding. The shield at the bottom carries the arms of Crofts impaling Spencer.
Size: 3461px × 5000px
Location: Little Saxham, Suffolk, UK
Photo credit: © C B Newham / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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