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Record Drawing of Stained Glass

ca. 1920 (made), 15th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Copy of stained glass from Hereford Cathedral, depicting St Elizabeth and John the Baptist.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
watercolour
Brief description
Copy of stained glass from Hereford Cathedral, watercolour by F. Sydney Eden, Great Britain, ca. 1920
Physical description
Copy of stained glass from Hereford Cathedral, depicting St Elizabeth and John the Baptist.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.1875in
  • Width: 4.8125in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Marks and inscriptions
(signed with the artist's monogram)
Object history
The stained glass from which this copy was made is believed to have originally come from Hereford Cathedral. It was moved to the Chapel at Hampton Court near Leominster in 1786, after the fall of the west front, and was later restored to a window of the north transept of Hereford Cathedral.
Subjects depicted
Associations
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Collection
Accession number
E.1139-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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