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Drawing

1906 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pen and ink sketch of a painting on one of the piers at the entrance to the apse of St. Gabriel's Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral. At the centre of the image is a seraph whose wings and drapery are covered with eyes. Above the seraph is a painting of a church. To the right of church is a group of men.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink drawing on paper
Brief description
Drawing by Ernest Tristram, sketch of a painting on one of the piers at the entrance to the apse of St. Gabriel's Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral, pen and ink on paper, Great Britain, 1906
Physical description
Pen and ink sketch of a painting on one of the piers at the entrance to the apse of St. Gabriel's Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral. At the centre of the image is a seraph whose wings and drapery are covered with eyes. Above the seraph is a painting of a church. To the right of church is a group of men.
Dimensions
  • Height: 8.375in
  • Width: 3.8125in
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 1906' (Signed)
  • (Inscribed with notes)
Object history
The painting copied in this sketch is from the 12th century and is located in St. Gabriel’s Chapel in Canterbury Cathedral, where it is situated on one of the piers at the entrance to the apse of the chapel.
Subject depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection
Accession number
E.723-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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