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Perhaps one of the Ellingwoods of Milan, Coos County, New Hampshire before going off to the Civil War.
The photo is from the album of Gram Fifield (Hester Ellingwood Fifield, 1820-1895, Dummer, Coos County,New Hampshire). Hester and her husband, Edward, were foster parents to my G-G-Grandmother Alvina Frost Andrews and her brother Sumner Frost after their parents died in Albany, Maine.
I suspect this tintype is pre-Civil War due to the absence of Civil War tax stamps on its back.
Sculpt update on Kane: Burial Shroud. 1:18 scale, ALIEN 79. Some have asked where this is seen in the film - it isn't....not much anyway. The body is seen in the main airlock via the monitors Dallas and the rest of the crew are gathered around and the next time you see Kane is when the miniature prop appears to be shot out of the airlock into deep space.
The sculpt I am working on reflects mostly the 1:1 prop the production team created to shoot a scene where Kane's corpse would make a return later in the film - please read this excellent article that defines that scene....
alienseries.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/the-funeral/
Much more detail to be added and a variant head sculpt or two to be made. Happy to be creating a not so well known piece of ALIEN lore. #alien #nostromo #kane #burialshroud #deletedscene #observationdome #sculpt
Sculpt update on Kane: Burial Shroud. 1:18 scale, ALIEN 79. Some have asked where this is seen in the film - it isn't....not much anyway. The body is seen in the main airlock via the monitors Dallas and the rest of the crew are gathered around and the next time you see Kane is when the miniature prop appears to be shot out of the airlock into deep space.
The sculpt I am working on reflects mostly the 1:1 prop the production team created to shoot a scene where Kane's corpse would make a return later in the film - please read this excellent article that defines that scene....
alienseries.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/the-funeral/
Much more detail to be added and a variant head sculpt or two to be made. Happy to be creating a not so well known piece of ALIEN lore. #alien #nostromo #kane #burialshroud #deletedscene #observationdome #sculpt
Some sculpt detail to Kane's Burial Shroud. ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale. A couple shots of some sculpt detail I was able to work on this past weekend. Material - Aves FIXIT. The shroud itself is pretty much complete - working on some details to the alternate head sculpts I wish to include with the piece. More images coming soon. #alien #kane #chestburster #nostromo #sculpture #covenant #deletedscene #production
Sculpt update on Kane's Death Shroud - ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale. Began sculpting detail over the frame I created early last week. The top portion of the shroud will be separate, attached by magnets. Created a thin shell/frame for this piece to be sculpted over later. The head sculpt of Kane will easily be seen through the shroud, along with a variant that is similar to the sculpt for the prop miniature. More sculpt work needed and tons of detail to be added. #alien #nostromo #kane #deathshroud #chestburster #sculpture #avesfixit #deletedscene
Sculpt update on Kane: Burial Shroud. 1:18 scale, ALIEN 79. Some have asked where this is seen in the film - it isn't....not much anyway. The body is seen in the main airlock via the monitors Dallas and the rest of the crew are gathered around and the next time you see Kane is when the miniature prop appears to be shot out of the airlock into deep space.
The sculpt I am working on reflects mostly the 1:1 prop the production team created to shoot a scene where Kane's corpse would make a return later in the film - please read this excellent article that defines that scene....
alienseries.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/the-funeral/
Much more detail to be added and a variant head sculpt or two to be made. Happy to be creating a not so well known piece of ALIEN lore. #alien #nostromo #kane #burialshroud #deletedscene #observationdome #sculpt
Janice Dawe, ca. 1922 == This photograph was in an unmarked album of 150 photos. Only five photographs were dated—three copies of the same image of Janice Dawe in a sled from 3 April 1920 (she would have been two weeks shy of one year old,) one from Bear Brook New Hampshire dated March 1922, and the last from Northwood New Hampshire on 22 May 1922. Excepting the 1920 picture, the images all appear to be from around 1922 and are centered on the Stuart Guy Fifield family.
Sculpt update on Kane: Burial Shroud. 1:18 scale, ALIEN 79. Some have asked where this is seen in the film - it isn't....not much anyway. The body is seen in the main airlock via the monitors Dallas and the rest of the crew are gathered around and the next time you see Kane is when the miniature prop appears to be shot out of the airlock into deep space.
The sculpt I am working on reflects mostly the 1:1 prop the production team created to shoot a scene where Kane's corpse would make a return later in the film - please read this excellent article that defines that scene....
alienseries.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/the-funeral/
Much more detail to be added and a variant head sculpt or two to be made. Happy to be creating a not so well known piece of ALIEN lore. #alien #nostromo #kane #burialshroud #deletedscene #observationdome #sculpt
U.S. Ambassador to the Dominican Republic James Brewster and his husband, Bob Satawake, stand as Embassy Santo Domingo Officer Karen Fifield sings the U.S. National Anthem at a reception commemorating the 239th anniversary of the United States independence on July 2, 2015. [State Department photo/ Public Domain]
Monument to Henry (Norris or Norreys) 1st Baron Norris of Rycote (?1525-1601) and his wife Margaret.
The monument of alabaster and marbles, by sculptor Isaac James (original surname Haastregt), has no inscription and Henry and Margaret are both buried at Rycote chapel in Oxfordshire, in the grounds of their house. The date of erection of the monument is not clear but it was after 1606.
Either side of their recumbent effigies kneel their six sons in armour. Only their third son Sir Edward Norris, M.P. and Governor of Ostend, survived his father. He married Elizabeth Webb (heir of Sir John Norris of Fifield). They had no children and he died in 1603 and was buried at Englefield in Berkshire. He is shown kneeling and looking upwards (not visible in the picture), whereas the other sons have bowed heads and praying hands to indicate they were deceased.
These were William (d.1579), Marshal of Berwick; Sir John (?1547-1597), a celebrated military commander known as 'Black Jack' who died unmarried at Norris Castle, Mallow, co.Cork in Ireland, the home of Sir Thomas; Henry (1554-1599); Maximilian who died in 1591 and was buried in St Helier town church, Jersey; and Sir Thomas (1556-1599) who married Bridget Kingsmill. They had a daughter Elizabeth who married Sir John Jephson. Sir Thomas died at his home in Ireland and was returned to Rycote for burial.
The carved shield on the top section of the monument includes the coat of arms of Norris of Rycote, supported by two monkeys. The square pedestal depicts military scenes on all sides and is surmounted by a small statue of Fame. The carved scene on the south is of cavalry in the field and can be seen from the chapel. The northern scene depicts infantry. A painted scene with military emblems can be glimpsed on the west side from the north transept. These reliefs could be by de Floris, a notable sculptor from the Low Countries.
[Westminster Abbey]
In the chapel of St Andrew, Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey (The Collegiate Church of St Peter)
In the 1040s King Edward (later St Edward the Confessor) established his royal palace by the banks of the river Thames on land known as Thorney Island. Close by was a small Benedictine monastery founded under the patronage of King Edgar and St Dunstan around 960A.D. This monastery Edward chose to re-endow and greatly enlarge, building a large stone church in honour of St Peter the Apostle. This church became known as the "west minster" to distinguish it from St Paul's Cathedral (the east minster) in the City of London. Unfortunately, when the new church was consecrated on 28th December 1065 the King was too ill to attend and died a few days later. His mortal remains were entombed in front of the High Altar.
The only traces of Edward's monastery to be seen today are in the round arches and massive supporting columns of the undercroft and the Pyx Chamber in the cloisters. The undercroft was originally part of the domestic quarters of the monks. Among the most significant ceremonies that occurred in the Abbey at this period was the coronation of William the Conqueror on Christmas day 1066, and the "translation" or moving of King Edward's body to a new tomb a few years after his canonisation in 1161.
Edward's Abbey survived for two centuries until the middle of the 13th century when King Henry III decided to rebuild it in the new Gothic style of architecture. It was a great age for cathedrals: in France it saw the construction of Amiens, Evreux and Chartres and in England Canterbury, Winchester and Salisbury, to mention a few. Under the decree of the King of England, Westminster Abbey was designed to be not only a great monastery and place of worship, but also a place for the coronation and burial of monarchs. This church was consecrated on 13th October 1269. Unfortunately the king died before the nave could be completed so the older structure stood attached to the Gothic building for many years.
Every monarch since William the Conqueror has been crowned in the Abbey, with the exception of Edward V and Edward VIII (who abdicated) who were never crowned. The ancient Coronation Chair can still be seen in the church.
It was natural that Henry III should wish to translate the body of the saintly Edward the Confessor into a more magnificent tomb behind the High Altar in his new church. This shrine survives and around it are buried a cluster of medieval kings and their consorts including Henry III, Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, Richard II and Anne of Bohemia and Henry V.
There are around 3,300 burials in the church and cloisters and many more memorials. The Abbey also contains over 600 monuments, and wall tablets – the most important collection of monumental sculpture anywhere in the country. Notable among the burials is the Unknown Warrior, whose grave, close to the west door, has become a place of pilgrimage. Heads of State who are visiting the country invariably come to lay a wreath at this grave.
A remarkable new addition to the Abbey was the glorious Lady chapel built by King Henry VII, first of the Tudor monarchs, which now bears his name. This has a spectacular fan-vaulted roof and the craftsmanship of Italian sculptor Pietro Torrigiano can be seen in Henry's fine tomb. The chapel was consecrated on 19th February 1516. Since 1725 it has been associated with the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and the banners of the current Knights Grand Cross surround the walls. The Battle of Britain memorial window by Hugh Easton can be seen at the east end in the Royal Air Force chapel. A new stained glass window above this, by Alan Younger, and two flanking windows with a design in blue by Hughie O'Donoghue, give colour to this chapel.
Two centuries later a further addition was made to the Abbey when the western towers (left unfinished from medieval times) were completed in 1745, to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
Little remains of the original medieval stained glass, once one of the Abbey's chief glories. Some 13th century panels can be seen in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries. The great west window and the rose window in the north transept date from the early 18th century but the remainder of the glass is from the 19th century onwards. The newest stained glass is in The Queen Elizabeth II window, designed by David Hockney.
History did not cease with the dissolution of the medieval monastery on 16th January 1540. The same year Henry VIII erected Westminster into a cathedral church with a bishop (Thomas Thirlby), a dean and twelve prebendaries (now known as Canons). The bishopric was surrendered on 29th March 1550 and the diocese was re-united with London, Westminster being made by Act of Parliament a cathedral church in the diocese of London. Mary I restored the Benedictine monastery in 1556 under Abbot John Feckenham.
But on the accession of Elizabeth I the religious houses revived by Mary were given by Parliament to the Crown and the Abbot and monks were removed in July 1559. Queen Elizabeth I, buried in the north aisle of Henry VII's chapel, refounded the Abbey by a charter dated 21 May 1560 as a Collegiate Church exempt from the jurisdiction of archbishops and bishops and with the Sovereign as its Visitor. Its Royal Peculiar status from 1534 was re-affirmed by the Queen and In place of the monastic community a collegiate body of a dean and prebendaries, minor canons and a lay staff was established and charged with the task of continuing the tradition of daily worship (for which a musical foundation of choristers, singing men and organist was provided) and with the education of forty Scholars who formed the nucleus of what is now Westminster School (one of the country's leading independent schools). In addition the Dean and Chapter were responsible for much of the civil government of Westminster, a role which was only fully relinquished in the early 20th century.
[Westminster Abbey]
Sculpt progress on Kane: Death Shroud - 1:18 scale - ALIEN 79. Many have been asking me to do this figure, which is again, a static piece but an interesting one nonetheless. My idea will encompass a few aspects...
1. The prop that was created for the airlock sequence.
2. The actual shroud that was to be used, including the photoshopped image of Kane's head seen within.
3. The deleted scene outside the observation bubble where Kane's bloated body is seen drifting outside.
I took a cast of an upper torso which was originally created for the Sleep Chamber Kane and have literally sculpted a frame around it using Aves FIXIT. I will make adjustments before sculpting the details. The head piece will have a partial clear canopy which Kane's head can be seen within. This shot is a very early work in progress - forgive the printed background as I needed to use plastic beneath the sculpt to it wouldn't stick to the surface while curing.
More to come! #kane #alien #nostromo #chestburster #dletedscene
Alternate head sculpt for Parker - Final Confrontation. 1:18 scale. Used Aves FIXIT sculpt to modify an existing neutral version. Been thinking about doing a smiling version of Yaphet as well :) Will get a paint up of this version soon. More to come! :) #parker #yaphetkotto
#alien #sculpting #nostromo #customactionfigure #covenant
This photograph was in an unmarked album of 150 photos. Only five photographs were dated—three copies of the same image of Janice Dawe in a sled from 3 April 1920 (she would have been two weeks shy of one year old,) one from Bear Brook New Hampshire dated March 1922, and the last from Northwood New Hampshire on 22 May 1922. Excepting the 1920 picture, the images all appear to be from around 1922 and are centered on the Stuart Guy Fifield family.
Designed in the Romanesque style by architects Fisher & Lawrie and constructed as a one-story building in 1899. It was also used as a community hall and theater. The roof was raised and a second story was added in 1908.
In 1948 the facade was remodeled, removing the building's arched entryway, and it became the home of a long--time furniture store that closed in May 2021. As of December 2024, the building was for sale at a list price of $149,900.
Gem photo, "Potters Patent, March 7, 1865." This is a photo from Hester Ann Ellingwood Fifield (1820-1895)'s Album.
"R.W. Potter of New York patented his picture card frame on March 7, 1865 and it is his patented card mount which is most commonly encountered amongst those with any patent markings printed on them.... The form of tintype (also referred to as ferrotype or sometimes melainotype) known as a 'gem'; is a small photographic image usually anywhere from 3/4" to 1" wide and 1ÂĽ" high made possible by the use of a multi-lens camera with repeating back which therefore could produce multiple exposures on a single photographic plate. In terms of quantity, the gem was the most prolifically produced form of photograph in the 1860s in America...." -- Marcel Safier, Brisbane, Australia via an Internet Search.
The back of the card is blank.
Gram Fifield, and her husband, Edward, were foster parents for my Great-grandmother Rose Ella Andrews after her father died in the Civil War and her mother died soon after. My maternal grandparents saw I was interested in old photos and gave me Gram Fifield's album in the 1960s.
Sculpt progress on Kane: Death Shroud - ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale. Once again, a static figure of Kane's final sendoff when his body is shot out of the airlock into a starry abyss.
First step was to build a rough shape of the shroud as shown in a production photo of the physical garment that was used. This will not be matching the small wood carving that was made for the miniature shoot but will include some identifiable features from it.
So, first step - create a rough shape using FIXIT.
Next step, begin refining the shape to create an exaggerated frame to sculpt over. Complete. Looks like he's all locked up in a sleeping bag LOL!
The next step will be to sculpt over the frame and begin adding detail. The hood will be separate, held by a magnet and will include three alternate head sculpts...more to come! #kane #alien #nostromo #chestburster #sculpture #FIXIT #avesstudio #prop
Fourth Row (L-R): Wendy Schwartz Loumis, Barb Kiekhafer Mallien, Chuck Konitzer, Gloria Jorgenson Heitman, Mike Leske, Susan Nicolai Roemer, Susan Kraeblen (hidden), Missy Pokorney Jones, Mary Kay Cramer Linari, Tom Proegler (partially hidden).
Third Row (L-R): Nancy Meer Hudson, Karyn Ewert Shaw, Pat Korten (hidden), Kelli Deutsch Fifield, Stu Pipkorn, Al (Skip) Praefke, John Stern, Chuck Curran.
Second Row (L-R): Barb Chmielewski Schoenfelder, Jim Legault, Neal Lang, Chris Egelhoff Morgan, Joyce Suelflow, Linda Lawrenz Katt, Polly Loeser Mitchell, Lee DeArmond Johnston.
First Row (L-R): John Szafranski, Sandy Videkovich Brown, Betty Marshall Horvath, Suzy Geidel Egelhoff, Kit Boesch, Mary Dolezal Henke, Barb Boesch Johnson, Nina Look, Cindy Hanel Bock
Monument to Henry (Norris or Norreys) 1st Baron Norris of Rycote (?1525-1601) and his wife Margaret.
The monument of alabaster and marbles, by sculptor Isaac James (original surname Haastregt), has no inscription and Henry and Margaret are both buried at Rycote chapel in Oxfordshire, in the grounds of their house. The date of erection of the monument is not clear but it was after 1606.
Either side of their recumbent effigies kneel their six sons in armour. Only their third son Sir Edward Norris, M.P. and Governor of Ostend, survived his father. He married Elizabeth Webb (heir of Sir John Norris of Fifield). They had no children and he died in 1603 and was buried at Englefield in Berkshire. He is shown kneeling and looking upwards (not visible in the picture), whereas the other sons have bowed heads and praying hands to indicate they were deceased.
These were William (d.1579), Marshal of Berwick; Sir John (?1547-1597), a celebrated military commander known as 'Black Jack' who died unmarried at Norris Castle, Mallow, co.Cork in Ireland, the home of Sir Thomas; Henry (1554-1599); Maximilian who died in 1591 and was buried in St Helier town church, Jersey; and Sir Thomas (1556-1599) who married Bridget Kingsmill. They had a daughter Elizabeth who married Sir John Jephson. Sir Thomas died at his home in Ireland and was returned to Rycote for burial.
The carved shield on the top section of the monument includes the coat of arms of Norris of Rycote, supported by two monkeys. The square pedestal depicts military scenes on all sides and is surmounted by a small statue of Fame. The carved scene on the south is of cavalry in the field and can be seen from the chapel. The northern scene depicts infantry. A painted scene with military emblems can be glimpsed on the west side from the north transept. These reliefs could be by de Floris, a notable sculptor from the Low Countries.
[Westminster Abbey]
In the chapel of St Andrew, Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey (The Collegiate Church of St Peter)
In the 1040s King Edward (later St Edward the Confessor) established his royal palace by the banks of the river Thames on land known as Thorney Island. Close by was a small Benedictine monastery founded under the patronage of King Edgar and St Dunstan around 960A.D. This monastery Edward chose to re-endow and greatly enlarge, building a large stone church in honour of St Peter the Apostle. This church became known as the "west minster" to distinguish it from St Paul's Cathedral (the east minster) in the City of London. Unfortunately, when the new church was consecrated on 28th December 1065 the King was too ill to attend and died a few days later. His mortal remains were entombed in front of the High Altar.
The only traces of Edward's monastery to be seen today are in the round arches and massive supporting columns of the undercroft and the Pyx Chamber in the cloisters. The undercroft was originally part of the domestic quarters of the monks. Among the most significant ceremonies that occurred in the Abbey at this period was the coronation of William the Conqueror on Christmas day 1066, and the "translation" or moving of King Edward's body to a new tomb a few years after his canonisation in 1161.
Edward's Abbey survived for two centuries until the middle of the 13th century when King Henry III decided to rebuild it in the new Gothic style of architecture. It was a great age for cathedrals: in France it saw the construction of Amiens, Evreux and Chartres and in England Canterbury, Winchester and Salisbury, to mention a few. Under the decree of the King of England, Westminster Abbey was designed to be not only a great monastery and place of worship, but also a place for the coronation and burial of monarchs. This church was consecrated on 13th October 1269. Unfortunately the king died before the nave could be completed so the older structure stood attached to the Gothic building for many years.
Every monarch since William the Conqueror has been crowned in the Abbey, with the exception of Edward V and Edward VIII (who abdicated) who were never crowned. The ancient Coronation Chair can still be seen in the church.
It was natural that Henry III should wish to translate the body of the saintly Edward the Confessor into a more magnificent tomb behind the High Altar in his new church. This shrine survives and around it are buried a cluster of medieval kings and their consorts including Henry III, Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, Richard II and Anne of Bohemia and Henry V.
There are around 3,300 burials in the church and cloisters and many more memorials. The Abbey also contains over 600 monuments, and wall tablets – the most important collection of monumental sculpture anywhere in the country. Notable among the burials is the Unknown Warrior, whose grave, close to the west door, has become a place of pilgrimage. Heads of State who are visiting the country invariably come to lay a wreath at this grave.
A remarkable new addition to the Abbey was the glorious Lady chapel built by King Henry VII, first of the Tudor monarchs, which now bears his name. This has a spectacular fan-vaulted roof and the craftsmanship of Italian sculptor Pietro Torrigiano can be seen in Henry's fine tomb. The chapel was consecrated on 19th February 1516. Since 1725 it has been associated with the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and the banners of the current Knights Grand Cross surround the walls. The Battle of Britain memorial window by Hugh Easton can be seen at the east end in the Royal Air Force chapel. A new stained glass window above this, by Alan Younger, and two flanking windows with a design in blue by Hughie O'Donoghue, give colour to this chapel.
Two centuries later a further addition was made to the Abbey when the western towers (left unfinished from medieval times) were completed in 1745, to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
Little remains of the original medieval stained glass, once one of the Abbey's chief glories. Some 13th century panels can be seen in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries. The great west window and the rose window in the north transept date from the early 18th century but the remainder of the glass is from the 19th century onwards. The newest stained glass is in The Queen Elizabeth II window, designed by David Hockney.
History did not cease with the dissolution of the medieval monastery on 16th January 1540. The same year Henry VIII erected Westminster into a cathedral church with a bishop (Thomas Thirlby), a dean and twelve prebendaries (now known as Canons). The bishopric was surrendered on 29th March 1550 and the diocese was re-united with London, Westminster being made by Act of Parliament a cathedral church in the diocese of London. Mary I restored the Benedictine monastery in 1556 under Abbot John Feckenham.
But on the accession of Elizabeth I the religious houses revived by Mary were given by Parliament to the Crown and the Abbot and monks were removed in July 1559. Queen Elizabeth I, buried in the north aisle of Henry VII's chapel, refounded the Abbey by a charter dated 21 May 1560 as a Collegiate Church exempt from the jurisdiction of archbishops and bishops and with the Sovereign as its Visitor. Its Royal Peculiar status from 1534 was re-affirmed by the Queen and In place of the monastic community a collegiate body of a dean and prebendaries, minor canons and a lay staff was established and charged with the task of continuing the tradition of daily worship (for which a musical foundation of choristers, singing men and organist was provided) and with the education of forty Scholars who formed the nucleus of what is now Westminster School (one of the country's leading independent schools). In addition the Dean and Chapter were responsible for much of the civil government of Westminster, a role which was only fully relinquished in the early 20th century.
[Westminster Abbey]
Sculpt update on Kane: Burial Shroud. 1:18 scale, ALIEN 79. Some have asked where this is seen in the film - it isn't....not much anyway. The body is seen in the main airlock via the monitors Dallas and the rest of the crew are gathered around and the next time you see Kane is when the miniature prop appears to be shot out of the airlock into deep space.
The sculpt I am working on reflects mostly the 1:1 prop the production team created to shoot a scene where Kane's corpse would make a return later in the film - please read this excellent article that defines that scene....
alienseries.wordpress.com/2013/08/20/the-funeral/
Much more detail to be added and a variant head sculpt or two to be made. Happy to be creating a not so well known piece of ALIEN lore. #alien #nostromo #kane #burialshroud #deletedscene #observationdome #sculpt
1981 MGB GT LE.
H&H classic car auction, Buxton -
"Chassis Number:GVGEJ1AG522348
Engine Number:39109
Reputedly supplied new by University Motors, this particular example was first registered on 11th February 1981 and over the course of the last twenty-eight years is understood to have covered just 13,100 miles. An accompanying letter relates that a Mr Fifield of Warlingham purchased the MG on 23rd March 1986 with a recorded mileage of 1,700 and since then it has had just two further keepers. Described by the vendor as being in "very good" condition with regard to its engine, gearbox, electrical equipment, interior trim, bodywork and paintwork, recent work has apparently seen 'NPA 860W' treated to "a service, new fuel pump and replacement brake pipes". Said to drive "almost like a new car" and to have been "only used for Club events" during the current stewardship, this nicely presented MG B GT LE is offered for sale with MOT certificate valid until July 2010."
Sold for ÂŁ5280.
Monument to Henry (Norris or Norreys) 1st Baron Norris of Rycote (?1525-1601) and his wife Margaret.
The monument of alabaster and marbles, by sculptor Isaac James (original surname Haastregt), has no inscription and Henry and Margaret are both buried at Rycote chapel in Oxfordshire, in the grounds of their house. The date of erection of the monument is not clear but it was after 1606.
Either side of their recumbent effigies kneel their six sons in armour. Only their third son Sir Edward Norris, M.P. and Governor of Ostend, survived his father. He married Elizabeth Webb (heir of Sir John Norris of Fifield). They had no children and he died in 1603 and was buried at Englefield in Berkshire. He is shown kneeling and looking upwards (not visible in the picture), whereas the other sons have bowed heads and praying hands to indicate they were deceased.
These were William (d.1579), Marshal of Berwick; Sir John (?1547-1597), a celebrated military commander known as 'Black Jack' who died unmarried at Norris Castle, Mallow, co.Cork in Ireland, the home of Sir Thomas; Henry (1554-1599); Maximilian who died in 1591 and was buried in St Helier town church, Jersey; and Sir Thomas (1556-1599) who married Bridget Kingsmill. They had a daughter Elizabeth who married Sir John Jephson. Sir Thomas died at his home in Ireland and was returned to Rycote for burial.
The carved shield on the top section of the monument includes the coat of arms of Norris of Rycote, supported by two monkeys. The square pedestal depicts military scenes on all sides and is surmounted by a small statue of Fame. The carved scene on the south is of cavalry in the field and can be seen from the chapel. The northern scene depicts infantry. A painted scene with military emblems can be glimpsed on the west side from the north transept. These reliefs could be by de Floris, a notable sculptor from the Low Countries.
[Westminster Abbey]
In the chapel of St Andrew, Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey (The Collegiate Church of St Peter)
In the 1040s King Edward (later St Edward the Confessor) established his royal palace by the banks of the river Thames on land known as Thorney Island. Close by was a small Benedictine monastery founded under the patronage of King Edgar and St Dunstan around 960A.D. This monastery Edward chose to re-endow and greatly enlarge, building a large stone church in honour of St Peter the Apostle. This church became known as the "west minster" to distinguish it from St Paul's Cathedral (the east minster) in the City of London. Unfortunately, when the new church was consecrated on 28th December 1065 the King was too ill to attend and died a few days later. His mortal remains were entombed in front of the High Altar.
The only traces of Edward's monastery to be seen today are in the round arches and massive supporting columns of the undercroft and the Pyx Chamber in the cloisters. The undercroft was originally part of the domestic quarters of the monks. Among the most significant ceremonies that occurred in the Abbey at this period was the coronation of William the Conqueror on Christmas day 1066, and the "translation" or moving of King Edward's body to a new tomb a few years after his canonisation in 1161.
Edward's Abbey survived for two centuries until the middle of the 13th century when King Henry III decided to rebuild it in the new Gothic style of architecture. It was a great age for cathedrals: in France it saw the construction of Amiens, Evreux and Chartres and in England Canterbury, Winchester and Salisbury, to mention a few. Under the decree of the King of England, Westminster Abbey was designed to be not only a great monastery and place of worship, but also a place for the coronation and burial of monarchs. This church was consecrated on 13th October 1269. Unfortunately the king died before the nave could be completed so the older structure stood attached to the Gothic building for many years.
Every monarch since William the Conqueror has been crowned in the Abbey, with the exception of Edward V and Edward VIII (who abdicated) who were never crowned. The ancient Coronation Chair can still be seen in the church.
It was natural that Henry III should wish to translate the body of the saintly Edward the Confessor into a more magnificent tomb behind the High Altar in his new church. This shrine survives and around it are buried a cluster of medieval kings and their consorts including Henry III, Edward I and Eleanor of Castile, Edward III and Philippa of Hainault, Richard II and Anne of Bohemia and Henry V.
There are around 3,300 burials in the church and cloisters and many more memorials. The Abbey also contains over 600 monuments, and wall tablets – the most important collection of monumental sculpture anywhere in the country. Notable among the burials is the Unknown Warrior, whose grave, close to the west door, has become a place of pilgrimage. Heads of State who are visiting the country invariably come to lay a wreath at this grave.
A remarkable new addition to the Abbey was the glorious Lady chapel built by King Henry VII, first of the Tudor monarchs, which now bears his name. This has a spectacular fan-vaulted roof and the craftsmanship of Italian sculptor Pietro Torrigiano can be seen in Henry's fine tomb. The chapel was consecrated on 19th February 1516. Since 1725 it has been associated with the Most Honourable Order of the Bath and the banners of the current Knights Grand Cross surround the walls. The Battle of Britain memorial window by Hugh Easton can be seen at the east end in the Royal Air Force chapel. A new stained glass window above this, by Alan Younger, and two flanking windows with a design in blue by Hughie O'Donoghue, give colour to this chapel.
Two centuries later a further addition was made to the Abbey when the western towers (left unfinished from medieval times) were completed in 1745, to a design by Nicholas Hawksmoor.
Little remains of the original medieval stained glass, once one of the Abbey's chief glories. Some 13th century panels can be seen in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Galleries. The great west window and the rose window in the north transept date from the early 18th century but the remainder of the glass is from the 19th century onwards. The newest stained glass is in The Queen Elizabeth II window, designed by David Hockney.
History did not cease with the dissolution of the medieval monastery on 16th January 1540. The same year Henry VIII erected Westminster into a cathedral church with a bishop (Thomas Thirlby), a dean and twelve prebendaries (now known as Canons). The bishopric was surrendered on 29th March 1550 and the diocese was re-united with London, Westminster being made by Act of Parliament a cathedral church in the diocese of London. Mary I restored the Benedictine monastery in 1556 under Abbot John Feckenham.
But on the accession of Elizabeth I the religious houses revived by Mary were given by Parliament to the Crown and the Abbot and monks were removed in July 1559. Queen Elizabeth I, buried in the north aisle of Henry VII's chapel, refounded the Abbey by a charter dated 21 May 1560 as a Collegiate Church exempt from the jurisdiction of archbishops and bishops and with the Sovereign as its Visitor. Its Royal Peculiar status from 1534 was re-affirmed by the Queen and In place of the monastic community a collegiate body of a dean and prebendaries, minor canons and a lay staff was established and charged with the task of continuing the tradition of daily worship (for which a musical foundation of choristers, singing men and organist was provided) and with the education of forty Scholars who formed the nucleus of what is now Westminster School (one of the country's leading independent schools). In addition the Dean and Chapter were responsible for much of the civil government of Westminster, a role which was only fully relinquished in the early 20th century.
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A follow-up on the progress to the Warrior Alien head sculpt. ALIENS 86 - 1:18 scale. Some smart phone shots showing the sculpt from several angles - still a work in progress. Should have it complete tonight.
The torso you see here will be a total re-sculpt....presently it's a casting from the Revoltech figure. Helps with scaling/proportion. The lower abdomen piece however is a cast of an original sculpt from my 79 Alien. I can get away with using it for the Warrior but the upper torso will be a complete, original re-sculpt as I hate borrowing parts when I have the ability to create them myself these days....
If you have the ability and time, sculpt it.
I still have to borrow articulated joints and extremities such as hands from time to time...especially with the human figures, but when I can sculpt it myself I will do so...
...and with the Warrior alien finally moving forward, others are sure to follow...Ripley, Marines, Newt, Burke, Bishop.....Queen(cough,cough)....
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2017 Mercedes-Benz Arocs 3240
Manor Environmental, Fifield, Berkshire
Buckingham, 30 November 2020
Paint progress on "The Beast" - ALIEN 79 - 1:18 scale.Close mouthed "lipped" version - Dome removed. Old bone when dry, is mostly white...living bone has a more aged white, richness to it. So the skull is more off white this time around with darker hues surrounding it. Still have some detailing to add. ‪#‎alien‬ ‪#‎nodome‬ ‪#‎bigchap‬ ‪#‎painting‬ ‪#‎nostromo‬ ‪#‎giger‬
Another static sculpt of Kane I am in the process of painting right now - ALIEN - 1:18 scale. Kane as he appears once the face hugger has had its way with him. Sleeping soundly. Will go well with the Autodoc diorama I plan to begin building soon. #alien #kane #nostromo #facehugger #sculpture #painting
Sculpt progress on Kane - Sleep Chamber - ALIEN 1:18 scale. After the passing of John Hurt I felt it wouldn't be appropriate to drop updates of his likeness pertaining to Kane sleeping or deceased...perhaps nobody would have cared but that's just me. Anyway, first off is an update of Kane in the sleep camber. My plan with the sleep chamber diorama is to have a static sculpt of each character quietly sleeping in their respective chamber. Kane is the first of the series. I have a male body that I have cast to create the static pieces but the parts need to be wired together in different poses. Doesn't make sense if they are all sleeping in the same position right? Looking a little rough right now but that will change with the next update. Hope to have the sculpt complete by the end of the week. #alien #kane #sleepchamber #nostromo #sculpting
Front Row: L to R - Darren O'Quinn, Dwayne DuBourdieu, Glen Moulton, Roger Clarke.
Back Row: L to R - J. Gallagher-Duffy (Coach), Paul Langdon (Captain), Darren Compton, Tim Fifield, Maurice Ruiz, Aiden Organ, Bill Jones.
Missing: Fred Nichols.
24th November 2013 at Queen Elizabeth Hall (Front Room), London SE1.
The Saxophone was invented in 1841 by Adolphe Sax from the Belgium. It consists of a single reed mouthpiece and a conical metal tube, with keys which open and close by pressing buttons with the fingers.
The Soprano Saxophone is usually straight and has a higher pitch than most other members of the Saxophone family (there are Sopranino and Soprillo instruments with higher pitches, but these are much less common).
Some Soprano Saxs are curved and resemble a small Alto.
Saxophones are assigned the number 422.212 in the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of musical instruments ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs ), indicating:
4 = Aerophones. Sound is primarily produced by vibrating air. The instrument itself does not vibrate, and there are no vibrating strings or membranes.
42 = Non-free aerophones. The vibrating air is contained within the instrument.
422 = Reed Instruments. The player's breath is directed against a lamella or pair of lamellae which periodically interrupt the airflow and cause the air to be set in motion.
422.2 = Single Reed Instruments or Clarinets. The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella
422.21 = Single Clarinets [as opposed to sets of Clarinets].
422.212 = With conical bore.
An unidentified young woman likely in New Hampshire or Maine. The photo is from the album of Gram Fifield (1820-1895). The picture would seem to be from perhaps the 1870s?
Gram Fifield and her husband Edward were foster parents for my Great-grandmother Ellen Andrews after her father died in the Civil War and her mother soon after.
This photograph was in an unmarked album of 150 photos. Only five photographs were dated—three copies of the same image of Janice Dawe in a sled from 3 April 1920 (she would have been two weeks shy of one year old,) one from Bear Brook New Hampshire dated March 1922, and the last from Northwood New Hampshire on 22 May 1922. Excepting the 1920 picture, the images all appear to be from around 1922 and are centered on the Stuart Guy Fifield family. IDs are guesses. -- Looks like a Mian beach, maybe Roland int he background, and I'm thinking Lillian is one of the woman in front.
Rose Ella Andrews (Griffin), 1856-1933
Rose Ella's father, Ethan Allen Andrews, died in the United States Civil War and her mother, Alvina Frost Andrews, died soon after. She was raised by Gram Fifield, and her husband Edward, in Dummer, Coos County, New Hampshire.
Rose Ella was my great-grandmother..
(The back of this photo is blank.)
A follow-up on the progress to the Warrior Alien head sculpt. ALIENS 86 - 1:18 scale. Some smart phone shots showing the sculpt from several angles - still a work in progress. Should have it complete tonight.
The torso you see here will be a total re-sculpt....presently it's a casting from the Revoltech figure. Helps with scaling/proportion. The lower abdomen piece however is a cast of an original sculpt from my 79 Alien. I can get away with using it for the Warrior but the upper torso will be a complete, original re-sculpt as I hate borrowing parts when I have the ability to create them myself these days....
If you have the ability and time, sculpt it.
I still have to borrow articulated joints and extremities such as hands from time to time...especially with the human figures, but when I can sculpt it myself I will do so...
...and with the Warrior alien finally moving forward, others are sure to follow...Ripley, Marines, Newt, Burke, Bishop.....Queen(cough,cough)....
This is scanned from a tintype 3/8th of an inch tall. The photo is from the album of Gram Fifield (Hester Ellingwood Fifield,1820-1895, Dummer, Coos County,New Hampshire). Hester and her husband, Edward, were foster parents to my G-G-Grandmother Alvina Frost Andrews and her brother Sumner Frost after their parents died in Albany, Maine.
I suspect this tintype is pre-or post-Civil War due to the absence of Civil War tax stamps on its back.