12020-07-31T16:32:24+00:00Yoonjae Shin619e43eddefcc0738b0901bde8aba8bfde4d3041316Plates 3.12-3.17 of Vetusta Monumenta depict three of the twelve monuments that Edward I ordered to be built between 1291 and 1294 to commemorate the funeral procession of Queen Eleanor. Plates 3.12-3.13 depict the Hardingstone Cross and its details; Plates 3.14-3.15, Geddington Cross and its details; and Plates 3.16-3.17, Waltham Cross and its details. Waltham Cross was erected at a junction outside the village of Cheshunt near Waltham Abbey, where the town of Waltham Cross later developed. Then as now, these are the only three to survive of the twelve crosses originally erected by Edward I. Engravings by James Basire Sr after drawings by Jacob Schnebbelie. 476 x 320 mm, 315 x 475 mm, 476 x 320 mm, 477 x 320 mm, 480 x 320 mm, and 480 x 320 mm. Published by the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1791. Current locations: Hardingstone Cross is in Hardingstone, Northamptonshire, UK; Geddington Cross is in Geddington, Northamptonshire, UK; and Waltham Cross is in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, UK, while the three original Waltham sculptures are in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, UK.plain2024-03-22T20:24:29+00:00Crystal B. Lakeb7829cc6981c2837dafd356811d9393ab4d81adc