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

Copy of a painting on the south wall of the nave of Ashby St. Leger Church in Northamptonshire. The painting depicts a scene from The Crucifixion showing Christ nailed to the Cross, surrounded by Roman soldiers; a soldier on the left is piercing Christ's side with a spear.

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Categories	Drawings Christianity Designs
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	Watercolour on paper Paper Watercolour Drawing Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description	Drawing by Ernest Tristram, copy of a painting on the south wall of the nave of Ashby St. Leger Church in Northamptonshire, depicting a scene from The Crucifixion, watercolour on paper, Great Britain, 1927
Physical description	Copy of a painting on the south wall of the nave of Ashby St. Leger Church in Northamptonshire. The painting depicts a scene from The Crucifixion showing Christ nailed to the Cross, surrounded by Roman soldiers; a soldier on the left is piercing Christ's side with a spear.
Dimensions	Height: 20.875in 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 del. 1927.' (Signed)
Object history	The painting copied in this sketch is from Ashby St. Leger Church in Northamptonshire, where it is situated on the upper tier of the south wall of the nave, and is dated ca. 1500.
Subjects depicted	Soldiers Christ The Crucifixion
Bibliographic reference	Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.709-1928

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O756949/drawing-ernest-william-tristram/

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