Sketchbook containing studies for Paintings, stained glass, tapestry, mural decoration etc.
Sketchbook
late 19th Century (made)
late 19th Century (made)
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Sketchbook containing studies for Paintings, stained glass, tapestry, mural decoration etc.; sketches for a beaten silver plaque intended as a gift to Octavia Laura Mary Tennant on her marriage to the Rt. Hon. Alfred Lyttleton, P.C., K.C., M.P., together with detailed studies (some in colour) of a peacock, used in the design for her memorial tablet in the church of St. Andrew, Mells, Somerset. 146 pages of metallic surfaced paper, full-bound in black leather, blind tooled, with metal clasp, a pencil holder and pocket inside the front cover. Sketchbook is full leather case binding, landscape format with fore-edge clasp. Book block sewn on one tape. Decorative endpapers, pocket on inside of front board, pencil holder at head. Gilt edges
Object details
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| Title | Sketchbook containing studies for Paintings, stained glass, tapestry, mural decoration etc. (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | pencil and coloured crayons. |
| Brief description | Burne-Jones, E.C. Sketchbook containing studies for Paintings, stained glass, tapestry, mural decoration etc. |
| Physical description | Sketchbook containing studies for Paintings, stained glass, tapestry, mural decoration etc.; sketches for a beaten silver plaque intended as a gift to Octavia Laura Mary Tennant on her marriage to the Rt. Hon. Alfred Lyttleton, P.C., K.C., M.P., together with detailed studies (some in colour) of a peacock, used in the design for her memorial tablet in the church of St. Andrew, Mells, Somerset. 146 pages of metallic surfaced paper, full-bound in black leather, blind tooled, with metal clasp, a pencil holder and pocket inside the front cover. Sketchbook is full leather case binding, landscape format with fore-edge clasp. Book block sewn on one tape. Decorative endpapers, pocket on inside of front board, pencil holder at head. Gilt edges |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr W. L. Hildburgh |
| Object history | The original design for 'The Star of Bethlehem' tapestry and photographic enlargements used as cartoons for the stained glass panels in Birmingham Cathedral, 'The Nativity' and 'The Crucifixion' are E.5012-1919 and E.224 and 224-1911. A coloured replica of the uncoloured memorial tablet, in painted plaster on wood is P.85-1938. |
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| Accession number | E.9-1955 |
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| Record created | July 31, 2008 |
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