Defaced gilded figures of Mercian royalty on SW corner of 1310 shrine of St Werburgh (Werburga, d. c 700) in the Lady Chapel of Chester Cathedral, UK.
Detail of gilded figures on the SW corner of the 1310 shrine of St Werburgh (Werburga, d. c 700) in the Lady Chapel of Chester Cathedral. The figures of the Mercian saints & royal family (Werburgh was the daughter of Wulfhere, King of Mercia, & Queen Ermenilda), were defaced at the Dissolution on the orders of Henry VIII.
Size: 3680px × 4964px
Location: Chester Cathedral, Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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