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Drawing

1928 (made)
Artist/Maker
Tristram, Ernest (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Drawing of St Elizabeth with the infant St John, a detail of the painting of the Naming of the Child John, which is in St Gabriel's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral.


Object details

Categories
Drawings
Ecclesiastical Art/Craft
Christianity
Designs
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
watercolour drawing
Paper (Fiber Product)
Water-Colour
Drawing
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Copy of a church mural in Canterbury Cathedral, depicting St Elizabeth with the infant St John, watercolour, executed by Ernest Tristram, Great Britain, 1928
Physical description
Drawing of St Elizabeth with the infant St John, a detail of the painting of the Naming of the Child John, which is in St Gabriel's Chapel, Canterbury Cathedral.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.375in
  • Width: 13.25in
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
E. W. Tristram del. 1928 (signed)
Object history
This drawing is a detail of the painting of the Naming of the Child John (see E.502-1930). This painting is on the vaulting of the apse in the lower of the two zones surrounding the central Majesty on the north side of St. Gabriel's Chapel in the crypt of Canterbury Cathedral, and dates from the early 12th century.
Subjects depicted
St John
Elizabeth Saint (St.)
Association
Canterbury Cathedral
Associated object
E.502-1930
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.423-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O754346/drawing-tristram-ernest/
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