2-699-321 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Tomb of Henry III', (1881). The tomb of King Henry III (1207-1272) at Westminster Abbey in London. It was made of Purbeck marble with slabs of purple and green antique porphyry set in the sides, and inlaid with gilded 'Cosmati' mosaic and coloured marble and glass. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, by Edward Walford, Vol. III. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, 1881]