. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . The colouring remained as describeduntil the year 1793, when, at therequest of Malone, it was coveredwith a coat of white paint. Ourancestors about that period appearto have had a perfect craze forpainting everything, and tlie fa-vourite smearing was white or liglitstone colour. Not a few of us canremember the chilly glare of certainold-fashioned reception rooms, and the havoc which had been wrought in cathedrals and churches. The mostbeautiful sculpture in stone was plastered over with successive coat
. Cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England and Wales, descriptive, historical, pictorial . The colouring remained as describeduntil the year 1793, when, at therequest of Malone, it was coveredwith a coat of white paint. Ourancestors about that period appearto have had a perfect craze forpainting everything, and tlie fa-vourite smearing was white or liglitstone colour. Not a few of us canremember the chilly glare of certainold-fashioned reception rooms, and the havoc which had been wrought in cathedrals and churches. The mostbeautiful sculpture in stone was plastered over with successive coats of whitewash;the finest old oak panels and carvings were jDainted white. We do, however,recollect one case where some wood carving in a college chapel was painted , as the old colours must by this time have become rather damaged, it was nodoubt thought that the bust had now a ^^^Iticularly neat appearance. But evenin that day some objections were raised, in proof of which we may ventm-e, often EOOM IN WHICH SHAKESPEARE WAS BOaK. * It is moutioned by Digges in verses prefixed to
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