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Drawing

1927 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Copy of a painting on the easternmost vaulting of the Chapter House of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford. The drawing depicts a painted medallion with a full-length figure of St. Matthew (for detail see E.807-1928).


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Brief description
Drawing by Ernest Tristram, copy of a painting on the easternmost vaulting of the Chapter House of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, watercolour on paper, Great Britain, 1927
Physical description
Copy of a painting on the easternmost vaulting of the Chapter House of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford. The drawing depicts a painted medallion with a full-length figure of St. Matthew (for detail see E.807-1928).
Dimensions
  • Height: 29.5in
  • Width: 21.25in
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. 1927.' (Signed)
Object history
The painting copied in this sketch is dated ca. 1250 and is located in Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford, where it is situated on the easternmost vaulting of the Chapter House.
Subject depicted
Association
Associated object
E.807-1928 (Object)
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
Accession number
E.806-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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