# william

The urns have pine cone finials and rich swags of fruit and flowers, symbolising fertility. The new house stood in a former orchard (the mulberry survives). WH wrote of lilies, irises & parsley as demonstrating his serpentine 'Line of Beauty'. Top right in the print

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2021-06-25

Apart from birthday, November was not a happy month for the On this day Jane nee Thornhill, his beloved wife, died. She was buried . Here's her coffin plate & Lysons' sketch showing her name on the same face as William's (Yale CBA B1977.14.20299)

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2020-11-14