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Eleanor of Lancaster

d. 1372

The Arundel Tomb in Chichester Cathedral: two recumbent white stone effigies of Eleanor of Lancaster and Richard FitzAlan lying side by side, their hands clasped together — the image that inspired Philip Larkin's poem "An Arundel Tomb."
interpretive-reconstruction · interpretive Eleanor of Lancaster and Richard FitzAlan — Memorial Effigy, Chichester Cathedral

14th-century memorial effigy of Eleanor of Lancaster and Richard FitzAlan, 4th Earl of Arundel, in Chichester Cathedral. The tomb inspired Philip Larkin's poem 'An Arundel Tomb.' A funerary monument, not a portrait from life.

Anonymous medieval sculptor, c.1376; photograph by Tom Oates, 2009

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