Chapel Royal altar cross
Lutyens’s memorial for Captain Maximillian Digges in the Chapel Royal is a boldly shaped brass cross with a distinctive triangular base and swelling form of his own invention, incorporating three-winged cherubs as a touching homage to Wren and designed to stand against the great early 18th‑century reredos.
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Description
This was the gift of Charlotte Dalison de la Poer Beresford Peirse in memory of her husband Captain Maximillian Digges, who was killed in the Sudan in 1885. Lutyens designed a large and striking cross, which would be seen set against the giant early eighteenth-century reredos in the Chapel Royal. The triangular base and swelling form of the brass are purely Lutyens but there is a touching tribute to Wren in the three-winged cherubs. (Amery et al., 1981, cat no.498)
Bibliography
Amery, C., Richardson, M. and Stamp, G. (1981) Lutyens, the Work of the English Architect Sir Edwin Lutyens (1869-1944): Hayward Gallery London, 18 November 1981-31 January 1982. London: Arts Council of Great Britain. ,
