Image: Clayworth church, Traquair Mural - chancel view (39710646270)

Description: Phoebe Traquair, 1852 - 1936, was a Scottish artist and a key figure in the Arts and Crafts movement. She was raised in Dublin and attended Trinity College where she showed a penchant for art. She met her husband, Doctor Ramsay Traquair whilst training there. In 1874 they moved to Edinburgh where they raised a family. She produced a large body of work from murals and embroideries to illuminated manuscripts, bookbinding, enamel work, furniture decoration, and oil painting. Traquair's other works are in the Royal Hospital for sick children, Edinburgh, St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh and Mansfield Place Church, sometimes known as Edinburgh's Sistine Chapel. She undertook six major mural works, of which two were in England. The murals were painted in 1904/5, and were commissioned by Lady D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne to celebrate the safe return of her son from the Boer War. The paintings were damaged and some destroyed in the 1960's and were partially recreated in 1996. The east wall depicts the Madonna and Angel of the Annunciation. The tree of life and the tree of knowledge is also shown, complete with serpent. On the south wall Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane is depicted with sleeping disciples and a depiction of the Last Supper. Lady D'Arcy Godolphin Osborne herself is depicted looking down from the foliage at the Last Supper. The north wall depicts a group of people bringing offerings to the Divine Child. Some of the donor's children were used as models. Between the arches of the north arcade an Angel Choir is depicted including members of the church choir in 1905. Above the chancel arch on the west wall is a kneeling figure receiving a lantern, and on the right side an Angel offering a heart.
Title: Clayworth church, Traquair Mural - chancel view (39710646270)
Credit: Clayworth church, Traquair Mural - chancel view
Author: Jules & Jenny from Lincoln, UK
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