Gideon

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Artist/Maker	Ford Madox Brown (designer)
Place of origin	Great Britain (made)

Pencil and wash drawing of a knight in armour; inscribed and stamped. Cartoon commissioned by Morris & Company for a stained glass window in the north aisle of St Martin’s-on-the-Hill, Scarborough, 1862.

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Categories	Stained Glass Designs Drawings
Object type	Stained glass design
Title	Gideon (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Pencil and wash Pencil Wash Drawing Wash Technique
Brief description	Brown, Ford Maddox, 'Gideon', cartoon (working drawing) commissioned for Morris and Company for a stained glass window in the north aisle of St Martin's on the Hill, Scarborough, 1862. (formerly St Dunstan). NB: Originally acquired as an Edward Burne-Jones design.
Physical description	Pencil and wash drawing of a knight in armour; inscribed and stamped. Cartoon commissioned by Morris & Company for a stained glass window in the north aisle of St Martin’s-on-the-Hill, Scarborough, 1862.
Dimensions	Height: 99.4cm Width: 36.2cm Dimensions taken from Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981.
Marks and inscriptions	(Inscribed in pencil with notes on colours to be used and areas to be painted with chain mail.) (Impressed with stamp of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Bart)
Credit line	Bequeathed by J. R. Holliday
Subjects depicted	Knights Stained Glass Cartoons
Bibliographic references	Lambert, Susan. Drawing: Technique & Purpose. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1981. p.59. Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1927, London: Board of Education, 1928.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.2906-1927

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1028491/gideon-stained-glass-design-ford-madox-brown/

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