FDA-Sc.265-2026
Parts
Object number
FDA-Sc.265-2026
Object type
Identification
Title
Medieval corbel fom Lincoln Cathedral
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Carved stone of a face, with crown and hair
Comments
This lump of decaying stone was the stimulus for Merchant’s poem “Royal Effigy, Lincoln”, shown here as a poster-poem. The poem was first published in Breaking the Code (1975) and reprinted, with variants, in Confrontation of Angels (1986)
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 175mm
width (actual size): 145mm
depth (actual size): 360mm
width (actual size): 145mm
depth (actual size): 360mm
Materials & techniques note
Limestone?
Production
Date
500-1500
History and association
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of the artist; by whom presented to Eton College in 1988, with continual additions presented until 1997
Exhibited: ‘Sculptor and Poet’, College Library, Eton College, 1998 (catalogue number 15)
Exhibited: ‘Sculptor and Poet’, College Library, Eton College, 1998 (catalogue number 15)
