Drawing
1880 (made)
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May is depicted as a wreathed maiden in Grecian dress. She stands behind a branch with doves and foliage. Twins wearing tunics emblazoned with the zodiacal sign for May clutch her legs.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pencil and pen and ink |
| Brief description | Design for a figure emblematic of May, represented as a wreathed maiden. One of eleven designs for figures emblematic of the months (September missing) for 'The British Architect and Northern Engineer' for the year 1881. Pencil and pen and ink drawing by Edward William Godwin, 1880. |
| Physical description | May is depicted as a wreathed maiden in Grecian dress. She stands behind a branch with doves and foliage. Twins wearing tunics emblazoned with the zodiacal sign for May clutch her legs. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mr Edward Godwin, son of the artist |
| Object history | This drawing is a design for The British Architect and Northern Engineer calendar for the year 1881, published as a folding plate between pages 176, 177 of Volume 14, July to December 1880. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
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| Accession number | E.526-1963 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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