Captain Ross found the hiding place of one of the world’s greatest medieval paintings, the Isenheim Altar Screen by Matthias Grünewald. The treasure was stored in a vaulted room in Haut ...
Henry Hugh Armstead (1828-1905) was one of the sculptors who worked on the new altar screen in Westminster Abbey designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott from 1867. His contributions were the four large ...
There are four large statues of Moses, St Peter, St Paul and King David, by H.H. Armstead, flanking the altar. The doors on either side lead into St Edward the Confessor's chapel which is immediately ...