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Gideon

Stained Glass Design
1862 (drawn)
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.

Object details

Categories
Stained Glass
Designs
Drawings
Object type
Stained glass design
TitleGideon (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 createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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