[left]: henry holiday's depiction of the baker's visit to his uncle (1876) in lewis carroll's the hunting of the snark (engraved by joseph swain). Outside of the window are some of the baker's 42 boxes. (by the way: later alfred parsons quoted from holiday's illustration: file:comparepics. Jpg)
[right top]: john everett millais: christ in the house of his parents (1850). [right bottom]: anonymous: edward vi and the pope, an allegory of reformation, mirrored view (16th century). Henry viii is on the right side (original: left). Iconoclasm depicted in the window. Under the window 2nd from left is thomas cranmer who wrote the 42 articles in 1552. In her book the king's bedpost: reformation and iconography in a tudor group portrait (1994, p. 72), margaret aston compares the iconoclastic scene to prints depicting the destruction of the tower of babel (philip galle after maarten van heemskerck, 1567). And from her book i learned, that this is not a "window". It is an inset. Date: newest image: 1876.
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