Record Drawing of Stained Glass

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Artist/Maker	Knowles, J. W. (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Drawing of a stained glass panel depicting philosophers being burned after failing to convert St Catherine. On the same sheet there is also a drawing of a quatrefoil in the tracery, depicting an angel swinging a thurible.

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Categories	Drawings Stained Glass Christianity Designs
Object type	Record drawing of stained glass
Materials and techniques	watercolour and pencil drawing Paper (Fiber Product) Water-Colour Drawing
Brief description	1 of 18 copies of stained glass in the Peter de Dene window of York Minster, drawing, J. W. Knowles, Great Britain, ca. 1890-1929
Physical description	Drawing of a stained glass panel depicting philosophers being burned after failing to convert St Catherine. On the same sheet there is also a drawing of a quatrefoil in the tracery, depicting an angel swinging a thurible.
Dimensions	First drawing height: 7.4375in First drawing width: 4.1875in Second drawing height: 4.8125in Second drawing width: 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 pencil)
Object history	The stained glass from which this copy was made is in the eastern light of the seventh window from the west, known as the Peter de Dene window, in the north aisle of the nave of York Minster. The window was the gift of Peter de Dene, Canon and Prebendary of York, and Commissary-General of Greenfield in 1313, and was probably made in 1306.
Subject depicted	Stained Glass
Associations	Catherine Saint York Minster
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1116-1929

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O753712/record-drawing-of-knowles-j-w/

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