“Judith Gardenier from Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle” by Thomas Nicholls (original) (raw)

Judith Gardenier

Thomas Nicholls

1895

Spanish mahogany

Location: beneath the frieze on the inside of the top-story gallery

Two Temple Place, London WC2

One of six figures from American literature. Thanks to Frankie Kubicki of Two Temple Place for identifying the character from Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle.

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Photograph, text, and formatting by George P. Landow

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