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Record Drawing of Stained Glass

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

Watercolour copy of two pieces of stained glass, both depicting the Crucifixion, one in an octofoil shape and the other rectangular. There are annotations and sketches surrounding the drawings, describing details and colours.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
watercolour
Brief description
Watercolour copy of a stained glass window from Wells Cathedral, Somerset, Archibald Standish Hartrick, Great Britain, ca. 1929
Physical description
Watercolour copy of two pieces of stained glass, both depicting the Crucifixion, one in an octofoil shape and the other rectangular. There are annotations and sketches surrounding the drawings, describing details and colours.
Dimensions
  • Octofoil height: 3.0625in
  • Octofoil width: 2.4375in
  • Rectangle height: 3.125in
  • Rectangle width: 2.0625in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Object history
The pieces of stained glass from which these copies were taken are in Wells Cathedral, Somerset. One is in a tracery light in the south aisle, and the other is in the centre light of a window in the choir.
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.712-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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