A roundel with initials and staff of Hugh Faringdon, the last Abbot of Reading
Record Drawing of Stained Glass
c.1920s to c. 1930s (drawn)
c.1920s to c. 1930s (drawn)
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Copy of stained-glass, roundel with initials and staff of Hugh Faringdon, last Abbot of Reading.
Object details
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| Title | A roundel with initials and staff of Hugh Faringdon, the last Abbot of Reading |
| Materials and techniques | watercolour and Indian ink |
| Brief description | Stained glass from Reading Museum depicting a roundel with initials and staff of Hugh Faringdon, the last Abbot of Reading. c.1530. Drawing made by Frederick Stanley Eden, ca. 1920-40. |
| Physical description | Copy of stained-glass, roundel with initials and staff of Hugh Faringdon, last Abbot of Reading. |
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| Credit line | Given by the Artist |
| Object history | Many of the drawings E.445 - 489-1943 were used by F.S. Eden as illustrations to his books and to articles in The Connoisseur, Apollo, Country Life, The Burlington Magazine etc. A bibliography of the artist's writings is in The Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, October 1942, P. 145. |
| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1943, London: HMSO, 1956. |
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| Accession number | E.479-1943 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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