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Design for 'Summer' tile panel in V&A Grill Room

Design
1869-71 (made)
Artist/Maker
Poynter, Edward John (Sir) (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Pencil, pen and ink drawing on paper. Sketch for a tile panel depicting Summer: women festooning pavilion with statue.


Object details

Categories
History of the V&A
Drawings
Designs
Object type
Design
TitleDesign for 'Summer' tile panel in V&A Grill Room (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink drawing on paper.
Pencil
Pen
Ink
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
E. J. Poynter, design for 'Summer' tile panel in V&A Grill Room: women festooning pavilion with statue. About 1869-1871.
Physical description
Pencil, pen and ink drawing on paper. Sketch for a tile panel depicting Summer: women festooning pavilion with statue.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3 3/4in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
  • Width: 2 1/2in (Note: Measurement from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Marks and inscriptions
Stamped with monogr. E J P. (Inscription from: Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921)
Object history
Poynter was invited to tender for the decoration of the V&A Grill Room in November 1865. Judging from the nineteenth Report of the Science and Art Department, the Grill Room's large tile panels, derived from designs including this one, were all installed by the end of 1871. At the time of acquisition, object numbers E.5272-1919 to E.5284-1919, which includes this design, were collectively dated to 1871 (see 1919 V&A Accession Register). However, this dating is not necessarily always accurate. For Poynter’s highly finished, coloured design for ‘Summer’, apparently derived from the present study, see Museum object number 7917:2.
Subjects depicted
Summer
Tile Panel
Place depicted
Victoria and Albert Museum
Bibliographic references
  • Nineteenth Report of the Science and Art Department. London: printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1872, p. 388
  • Physick, John. The Victoria and Albert Museum: The History of Its Building. London: The Victoria & Albert Museum, 1982, pp. 139-141 and pls. XXVII-XXIX
  • Sheppard, F. H. W. (general ed.). Survey of London, vol. XXXVIII: The Museums Area of South Kensington and Westminster. London: Athlone Press, University of London, 1975, p. 111 and pl. 15
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5277-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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