Tag: hatchments

• The Forgotten Art of Funeral Hatchments

  Once a familiar sight over many a front door and undertaker’s shop window, the Funeral Hatchment has faded away into obscurity. What were they for? Where did they come from? The National Funeral Museum takes a look at the complex history of these beautiful painted panels that goes right to the heart of British Death,…

  nationalfuneralmuseumuk

  10th Mar 2023

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  college of arms, curator, funeral history, hatchments, heraldic funerals, london funeral museum, museum, national funeral museum, national funeral museum london, national funeral museum uk, royal college of arms, royal funerals