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Stained Glass Design

ca.1860-1880. (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Large brush and wash drawing design touched with white, for a stained glass possibly depicting St. James, Bishop of Jerusalem.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Brush and wash drawing
Brief description
Brush and wash drawing design for stained glass, depicting St James, Bishop of Jerusalem by Sir Edward Burne Jones. Great Britain, ca.1860-1880.
Physical description
Large brush and wash drawing design touched with white, for a stained glass possibly depicting St. James, Bishop of Jerusalem.
Dimensions
  • Average size height: 56.75in
  • Width: 21.5in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Object history
Purchased from Thomas Keynes in 1946.

This design was formerly attributed to Rossetti. It is now considered to be by Burne-Jones who used it in Christ Church at Southgate in 1864, and later in the Savoy Chapel, in 1870.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Engraving Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1946. London: Published under the Authority of the Ministry of Education, 1949.
Collection
Accession number
E.1844-1946

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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