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The Angel giving the Palm to the Virgin; the Virgin giving the Palm to St John; the meeting of the Virgin and the Apostles

Watercolour
1924 (made), ca. 1300 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Copy of a 13th/14th century wall painting on the south wall of the south aisle (lowest part) of the Church of All Saints, Croughton, Northamptonshire. It depicts the Angel giving the Palm to the Virgin, the Virgin giving the Palm to St John and part of the Meeting of the Virgin and the Apostles.


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TitleThe Angel giving the Palm to the Virgin; the Virgin giving the Palm to St John; the meeting of the Virgin and the Apostles
Materials and techniques
watercolour
Brief description
1 of 23 watercolour copies of wall paintings in the Church of All Saints, Northamptonshire, by Ernest Tristram, 1924
Physical description
Copy of a 13th/14th century wall painting on the south wall of the south aisle (lowest part) of the Church of All Saints, Croughton, Northamptonshire. It depicts the Angel giving the Palm to the Virgin, the Virgin giving the Palm to St John and part of the Meeting of the Virgin and the Apostles.
Dimensions
  • Height: 13.75in
  • Width: 22.25in
Copy is 1/3 actual size. 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
E. W. Tristram 1924. (signed in ink)
Object history
The wall painting from which this copy was made was discovered in 1920, when the Church of All Saints, Croughton, was being repaired.
Subjects depicted
Association
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.209-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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