St John the Baptist, detail of the Byward Tower mural, Tower of London

The Byward Tower mural (detail) depicting St John the Baptist, carrying the Lamb of God. The background is decorated with fleur-de-lis and parakeets.

This figure is part of a larger mural created for King Richard II in the 1390s. The mural was painted over, probably in the 16th century, and was only rediscovered in 1953.

A rare and susbtantial fragment of a 14th-century mural that once depicted the Crucifixion of Christ, now more often referred to as 'The Byward Angel'.