The Weeping Stag, Tiled wall section with pedastal, obelisk, and heraldic emblems; from the Great Hall, c. 1193 CE. Dressed fieldstone, lime plaster, tiles, blue-green granite, 89 x 134 cm (35 x 53"). Courtesy of the Imrie Gallery, London.

Heraldic shields, from left to right, Shield of the King Mendax's wife (argent a checky argent and or chief), Shield of the King (vert a sable stag scythian dormant reguardant), Shield of the Church (argent a cross orthedox or). The center shield is damaged below the eye of the stag and was named 'weeping' since its discovery. The small granite Ancient Greek obelisk fragment was recorded as being unearthed by construction crews when the castle was built, it was put on display in the Great Hall during Mendax's reign. The obelisk is from a widespread religious cult that believe that their gods were supreme. Below the carved right wing of a bird it is inscribed "our society of theosophistry shall endure forever".

[1995, Mixed Media & Polychrome, artist's collection]




© 2006 Noel Brevick