You can find them displayed in Reading Museum & Town Hall, at the foot of the main staircase, in the Reading: People and Place Gallery, in the Bayeux Gallery and on the first floor of the Town Hall.
To see and read about each painting click on the pdf downloads below.
Downloads:
| File format |
File title |
Summary |
File size |
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Consecration of Abbey Church |
The consecration of the Abbey church, 1164 by Stephen Reid (1873 – 1940), painted in 1920. |
43KB |
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Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville |
King Edward IV and his Queen, Elizabeth Woodville, at Reading Abbey (1464)
by Ernest Board (1877-1934), painted in 1923. |
45KB |
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Election of Thomas Clerke |
The Election of Thomas Clerke to be Mayor of Reading by the Abbot John Thorne I (1460)
by Stephen Reid (1873-1940), painted in 1921. |
45KB |
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Henry I burial |
Burial of Henry I, 1136 by Harry Morley ACA (1881 – 1943), painted in 1916. |
45KB |
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Henry VI parliament |
Parliament of Henry VI at Reading Abbey, 1453 by Stephen Reid (1873 – 1940). |
43KB |
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Heraclius visit |
Visit of Heraclius, Patriarch of Jerusalem, 1185 by Stephen Reid (1873- 1940), painted 1918-19. |
44KB |
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Hugh Faringdon martyrdom |
The Martyrdom of Hugh Faringdon, last Abbot of Reading by Harry Morley (1881 –1943), painted in 1917. |
45KB |
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Trial by combat |
Trial by combat, 1163 by Harry Morley ACA (1881 – 1943), painted in 1918. |
44KB |
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Sumer is Icumen in |
Sumer is Icumen in by Ernest Board,(1877-1934), painted in 1920 |
101KB |
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John of Gaunt Blanche of Lancaster marriage |
The Marriage of John of Gaunt and Blanche of Lancaster, 1359 by Horace Wright (d. 1915), painted in 1914. |
123KB |