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Drawing

1908 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pen and ink sketch showing the painted wooden vaulting in the Chapter House of York Cathedral.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink drawing on paper
Brief description
Drawing by Ernest Tristram, sketch showing the painted wooden vaulting in the Chapter House of York Cathedral, pen and ink on paper, Great Britain, 1908
Physical description
Pen and ink sketch showing the painted wooden vaulting in the Chapter House of York Cathedral.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.0625in
  • Width: 4.4375in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Marks and inscriptions
'E. W. Tristram del 1908.' (Signed)
Object history
This sketch is reconstructed from the painted boards preserved in the vestibule of York Cathedral and from a plate in “The History and Antiquities of York,” by F. Drake, 1736.
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.835-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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