May I take this opportunity to thank you for the fragrant bouquet of lilies that you sent for my father’s memorial service. Dad would have been so touched that you remembered him. Thank you for being so though
Armstrong suffered the mild humiliation of having his contribution described as being ‘very nice (but) not quite enough for supper’ [2]. Perhaps more than the usual 10 or 12 Friars [3] turned up that evening? Plan of the City of Norwich 1779, probably by Mostyn John Armstrong and ...
The attributes listed on Cotman’s painting are probably related to the beads on the Friars’ rosaries; one Brother who was late in making his contribution was threatened with loss of a bead, probably representing Punctuality [1]. St James of Compostela by John Sell Cotman c.1808. Credit: ...