“Reredos at St Mary's Church, South Tidworth,” by Farmer and Brindley

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Reredos

Farmer & Brindley

1879-80

Stone

St Mary's Church

South Tidworth

Wiltshire

Related Material

Soldiers leading Jesus to Golgotha

Reredos in its setting

St Mary's Church

Photographs, caption, and commentary by Jacqueline Banerjee, 2010.

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Farmer & Brindley's stone-carving in this church” by John Johnson is particularly fine. The reredos is truly dynamic, depicting fierce soldiers leading Jesus roughly to Golgotha, and the women following Jesus huddled together in evident distress. As the church pamphlet says, "the original furnishings all display a craftsmanship worthy of the lavish expenditure" (n.p.).

Bibliography

"St Mary, South Tidworth" (Redundant Churches Fund pamphlet available at the church).

Last modified 12 August 2010