A colour sketch by John Carter, drawn in 1782, of the knights on the base of his tomb is preserved in Westminster Abbey Library. Edmund was born in London on 16th January 1245, second son of Henry III ...
Westminster Abbey now hopes to finally lay the mystery to rest by rescanning the effigy head, which is the last surviving element of the effigy, using the latest, high-tech 3D scans. It was last ...
He was an apprentice engraver to James Basire, the antiquarian, and came to the Abbey to sketch many of the royal tombs and works ... 1971 "William Blake and Westminster Abbey" by M.E. Reisner in Man ...