Drawing
20th century (drawn)
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A watercolour drawing of a wall-painting depicting scenes from the Story of St Margaret of Antioch. It illustrates images of the torture of St. Margaret on the right and on the left shows her being thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Watercolour drawing on paper |
| Brief description | Drawing by Monica Bardswell, copy of a sketch by C. J. W. Winter, in the British Museum, of a 14th century painting that was on the north wall of the nave of Limpenhoe Church, Norfolk, watercolour, Britain, 20th century |
| Physical description | A watercolour drawing of a wall-painting depicting scenes from the Story of St Margaret of Antioch. It illustrates images of the torture of St. Margaret on the right and on the left shows her being thrown into a cauldron of boiling oil. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'N. wall Nave: between the two windows. Op.cit: page 74 & p.78 (another copy of the same,) combined.' (Lettered) |
| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Object history | The wall-painting depicted was discovered in Limpenhoe Church, Norfolk, 1852 but is now no longer visible. It was located between two windows on the north wall of the nave. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1932. London: HMSO, 1933. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.120-1932 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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