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This crowded historical scene shows a funeral procession in front of St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol. Canynge (c.1399–1474), a rich English merchant, MP and five times Mayor of Bristol, must have been a popular man. He rebuilt St Mary Redcliffe and, having taken holy orders in 1469 after the death of his wife, became Dean of the College of Westbury. The painting apparently includes (anachronistically) the local poets Robert Southey (1774–1843) and Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770). The latter is holding a lute. Chatterton, using the pseudonym 'Thomas Rowley' and in the guise of a fifteenth-century poet, wrote the following: Payncters and carvellers have gaind good name, But there's a Canynge, to encrease the store, A Canynge, who sall buie uppe all theyre fame.
Title
The Funeral Procession of William Canynge (c.1399–1474), to St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol, 1474
Date
c.1822
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 66 x W 109.2 cm
Accession number
624192
Acquisition method
accepted in lieu of tax from the estate of Margaret Ann, Lady Elton, 1998
Work type
Painting
National Trust, Clevedon Court
Tickenham Road, Clevedon, Somerset BS21 6QU England
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