page_title: William Newman (woodcarver)
section_title: St Martin Ludgate
hierarchical_section_title: William Newman (woodcarver) / St Martin Ludgate
caption_attribution_description: English: The altar at St James Garlickhythe, near to City of London, Great Britain.
context_page_description: William Newman was an English woodcarver of the Restoration period. He collaborated in the furnishing of the churches of the City of London rebuilt by Sir Christopher Wren after the Great Fire of London. A number of his works survive including some of his preparatory drawings. It has been emphasised that, despite the persistent idea that Grinling Gibbons was responsible for much of the carving in the rebuilt City churches, in the building accounts and parish minute-books Gibbons's name appears only once, in connection with the exceptional altarpiece at St Mary Abchurch, a church which also contains carvings by William Newman and William Emmett.
context_section_description: The surviving reredos at St Martin Ludgate may incorporate Newman's work, in the cherub heads, palm fronds and urns featured within the tall pedimented structure. Work at this church in 1683–86 was carried out by three joiners, Athew, Draper and Poulden, and by the carvers Cooper and William Newman.
caption: The reredos and communion table at St James Garlickhythe.
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