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Artist/Maker	Ernest William Tristram (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (drawn)

Copies (3 on 1 sheet) of painted decoration on the tomb of Elizabeth Montacute in the Lady Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxfordshire. In the top left is a shield of arms of Montacute (argent three lozenges in fesse gules). In the top right is the shield of arms of Montfort (azure five bendlets argent). Below the shields are the two cushions positioned beneath the head of the figure.

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Categories	Drawings Death Heraldry Designs
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	Watercolour on paper Paper Watercolour Drawing Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description	Drawing by Ernest Tristram, copies (3 on 1 sheet) of painted decoration on the tomb of Elizabeth Montacute in the Lady Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxfordshire, watercolour on paper, Great Britain, 1927
Physical description	Copies (3 on 1 sheet) of painted decoration on the tomb of Elizabeth Montacute in the Lady Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxfordshire. In the top left is a shield of arms of Montacute (argent three lozenges in fesse gules). In the top right is the shield of arms of Montfort (azure five bendlets argent). Below the shields are the two cushions positioned beneath the head of the figure.
Dimensions	Height: 13.25in Width: 10in 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. T. 1927.' (Signed in two places)
Object history	The paintings copied in this sketch are located in the Lady Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford.
Subjects depicted	Tomb Heraldry
Association	Christ Church
Bibliographic references	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929 James, M. R. and E. W. Tristram. Mediaeval Wall-Paintings at Christ Church, Oxford. The Volume of the Walpole Society. 1927-1928, vol. 16.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.812-1928

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O756849/drawing-ernest-william-tristram/

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