Houses of Convocation, London Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm some smoking pipes

some smoking pipes

showing the Court of Chancery in session

The scene is gloomy and miserable

warm-hearted wife and mother whose virtue is called into question only by her husband

Houses of Convocation, London Size:XXL: 150 x 100cm some smoking pipesHouses of Convocation, London, c1623. Two views of the Houses of Convocation assembled in Westminster Abbey or possibly St Paul's Cathedral. The upper image depicts the upper house consisting of bishops presided over by George Abbot, Archbishop of Canterbury. The lower image shows the Lower House consisting of Deans, Archdeacons and Clerks, with John Young, Dean of Winchester, in the chair.