A life-sized image of the mural from Historic England.
They had not previously known of its existence.
After the initial discovery, the couple returned home.
A life-sized image of the mural from Historic England. (Photo: Luke Budworth)
The couple removed some paneling to find that was correct.
The mural continued along the top of the wall.
I always thought it was probably just covering some pipes.
The murals show scenes from a 1635 book called “Emblems,” by Francis Quarles. (Photo: Luke Budworth)
The painting depicts Biblical scenes and has scrolling text beneath.
It measures about 9 feet by 4 feet, cut off by the ceiling.
Experts from Historic England were called to investigate.
The wall bearing the murals pre-date the building itself. (Photo: Luke Budworth)
On the prior date, Francis Quarles published a book entitledEmblems.
Scenes from this work are depicted in the painting.
By 1700, however, this style of frieze was out of fashion.
The Grade II listed Georgian building in York’s historic Micklegate neighborhood was constructed in 1747.
Although originally discovered in 1998, the painting had been paneled over.
The other one though will be preserved as best we can.
The murals show scenes from a 1635 book called Emblems, by Francis Quarles.
The wall bearing the murals pre-date the building itself.
