Presentation of Christ in the Temple

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Artist/Maker	Tristram, Ernest (artist)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Copy of a 13th/14th century wall painting on the south wall of the south aisle (lowest tier) of the Church of All Saints, Croughton, Northamptonshire. It depicts part of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.

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Categories	Copies and Facsimilies Paintings Christianity Designs
Object type	Watercolour
Title	Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Materials and techniques	watercolour Paper (Fiber Product) Water-Colour Drawing
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 tier) of the Church of All Saints, Croughton, Northamptonshire. It depicts part of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple.
Dimensions	Height: 15in Width: 21.875in Copy is 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	Murals The Presentation in the Temple
Association	Northamptonshire
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.207-1925

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O764877/presentation-of-christ-in-the-watercolour-tristram-ernest/

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