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Drawing

1927 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Copy of shields of arms on piers at the east end of the Chapel of Our Lady Undercroft in Canterbury Cathedral. The drawing depicts several shields of arms and shows exposed masonry where the paint has flaked from the wall.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Brief description
Drawing by Ernest Tristram, copy of shields of arms on piers at the east end of the Chapel of Our Lady Undercroft in Canterbury Cathedral, watercolour on paper, Great Britain, 1927
Physical description
Copy of shields of arms on piers at the east end of the Chapel of Our Lady Undercroft in Canterbury Cathedral. The drawing depicts several shields of arms and shows exposed masonry where the paint has flaked from the wall.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.5in
  • Width: 14.5in
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 1927.' (Signed)
Object history
The 14th century Shields of arms depicted in this sketch are from the Chapel of Our Lady Undercroft in Canterbury Cathedral.
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.720-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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