mediaeval court

The Mediaeval Court has been designed and arranged by Mr. M. Digby Wyatt, with Mr. Charles Fowler, junr., as principal superintendent, and Mr. Robert Dudley as superintendent of the  restorations and monuments, and principal draughtsman. Many excellent drawings were also made for this Court by Mr. R. J. Withers and Mr. Irvine.

The casts from Nuremburg are by Fleischman and Son.

Those from Mayence by the Baron Launitz, of Frankfort.

The national Art-collection has been formed by Mr. Wyatt. The entire construction (with the exception of the rough carcasss, which was put up by Messrs. Fox, Henderson, & Co.), has been entrusted to Mr. Cundy, of Pimlico; some of the principal restorations – such as the Ardene tomb, some of the Royal effigies, &c. – to Mr. Edward Richardson, of London. The Cantilupe, Percy tombs, &c., and the Walsingham font, to Mr. Phyffers, of London. The cast of the Beauchamp monument has been made by Messrs. Cooke & Mears, of Warwick. The Tewkesbury bosses, &c., by Mr. Collins, of Tewkesbury. The casts from Hereford are by Mr. W. Jennings; from Worcester, by Mr. J. Stevens; from Lichfield by Mr. G. Caldwell, under the kind superintendence of Mr. T. Johnson, architects of Lichfield; from Lincoln by Mr. Clarke; from Wells by Mr. Durham; from Hawton and Southwell by Mr. Fabrini; from Walsingham, York, Beverley, &c., by Mr. Keyworth, of Hull; from Salisbury, Bath, and Bristol, by Mr. G. Howitt; from Canterbury, by Mr. Bruccianni; the remainder being done principally by Mr. Cundy, by whose able body of artist-workmen the whole of the casts (with the exception of those above-specified, and of the Bohun tomb, which was restored by Mr. Jennings), have been fitted, placed, and brought to their present condition.

The painting has been executed with great energy, and in an extraordinary short space of time by Mr. Bulmer, of London and Shrewsbury, from designs by Mr. Wyatt, worked out and constantly superintended in execution by Mr. R. P. Pullan, who has also painted some of the decorations. The angels of the façade have been painted by Mr. Bulmer himself.

The stained glass has been presented by Messrs. Hardmann & Co., of Birmingham.

The Rochester and Lichfield doors and several of the monuments have been painted and illuminated by Mr. Coulton, of London.

The encaustic pavement of the Cloister has been presented to the Crystal Palace Company by Messrs. Maw & Co. of Benthall, Shropshire.

The greater number of the French casts have been executed by M. Malzieux, of Paris.

Mr. Boule, as foreman of the works, and Mr. Constance as timekeeper, have done good service.