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Watercolour Drawing

c.1900s (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Watercolour copy of a painted decoration on the North wall of the choir of Rochester Cathedral, originally painted in the 13th century. It depicts a fragment of the painting of the wheel of fortune with three male figures turning the wheel from the inside and one more figure in the middle of the wheel.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
watercolour drawing
Brief description
E. W. Tristram. Copy of painted decoration from Rochester Cathedral. British, 1900s.
Physical description
Watercolour copy of a painted decoration on the North wall of the choir of Rochester Cathedral, originally painted in the 13th century. It depicts a fragment of the painting of the wheel of fortune with three male figures turning the wheel from the inside and one more figure in the middle of the wheel.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.5in
  • Width: 5.25in
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1915, London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916.
Collection
Accession number
E.488-1915

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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