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Autumn

Design
1869-1871 (made)
Artist/Maker
Poynter, Edward John (Sir) (designer)

Watercolour and pencil. Three female figures appear to offer gifts of food and wine to a statue holding a bunch of grapes in her right hand and a bunch of fruit in her left. The panel has been divided into a grid. A banner below bears the word 'AUTUMN'.


Object details

Category
History of the V&A
Object type
Design
TitleAutumn (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour
Pencil
Drawn
Brief description
E. J. Poynter, design for 1 of 4 tile panels of the seasons in V&A Grill Room: 'Autumn'. About 1869-1871.
Physical description
Watercolour and pencil. Three female figures appear to offer gifts of food and wine to a statue holding a bunch of grapes in her right hand and a bunch of fruit in her left. The panel has been divided into a grid. A banner below bears the word 'AUTUMN'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 673mm (Note: measured in mount)
  • Width: 504mm (Note: measured in mount)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'AVTVMN'
  • '[Illegible] [to be copied from those in design for "Summer"] / Edward J Poynter[,] / [May 11/71.]' (Very faint note written in pencil across the top of the design which is almost completely illegible. It may give an instruction for the execution of this design in tiles, with certain details to be copied from Poynter's highly finished design for the 'Summer' tile panel (Museum object number 7917:2). The note is signed by Poynter and dated, possibly to indicate 11th May 1871.)
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.
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
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
7917:3

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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