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Record Drawing of Stained Glass

ca. 1890-1929 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Drawing of a stained glass panel depicting an archbishop wearing a cope.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
pencil drawing
Brief description
1 of 5 copies of stained glass in a window on the south side of the choir of York Minster, pencil drawing, J. W. Knowles, Great Britain, ca. 1890-1929
Physical description
Drawing of a stained glass panel depicting an archbishop wearing a cope.
Dimensions
  • Height: 5.875in
  • Width: 2.5in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Marks and inscriptions
  • JWK (signed in ink)
  • In 3 window there is a facsimile of the figure but with a crozier and blue cope. All the other bishops have chasubles. (inscribed with the above text and notes about the colours used in the window)
Object history
The stained glass panels from which this set of drawings were made are in the second window from the west in the western clerestory of the south side of the choir of York Minster. They date from the early 15th century.
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Accession number
E.2569-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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