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Painted designs on arches

John Ninian Comper

After 1893

Chapel of the Holy Sepulcher

G. E. Street's St. Mary Magdalene in Paddington

London

The chapel was intended as a memorial to Dr. Richard Temple West, the church's first vicar. According to Father Stephenson's history of the church and its decorations, "Everthing in the Chapel was designed by Comper," who also provided explanations of some of the complex iconography he used.

Other Views and Related Material

  • Chapel of the Holy Sepulcher
  • Altar
  • Angel on altar
  • Blue ceiling with golden suns
  • Wall between chapel and rest of crypt
  • Organ closed
  • Organ case with wings open
  • Angels holding a scroll on the Organ

    • Photograph and text George P. Landow

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