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Stained Glass Design

1938 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Two designs for stained glass windows for Borough Polytechnic both showing stylised scenes depicting trees in a mountain landscape. On the back there is a slight pencil sketch of a tree and various notes.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pencil, pen and ink and ink wash on paper
Brief description
Drawings by Francis H. Spear, two designs for stained glass windows for Borough Polytechnic, pencil, pen and ink and wash on paper, Great Britain, 1938
Physical description
Two designs for stained glass windows for Borough Polytechnic both showing stylised scenes depicting trees in a mountain landscape. On the back there is a slight pencil sketch of a tree and various notes.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 40.5cm
  • Size of sheet width: 25.5cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Design for Rest Room the Borough Polytechnic Scale 2 inches = 1 foot Francis H. Spear January 1938 L.C.C. Central School of Arts and Crafts.' (Inscribed in pencil on the back)
  • 'From Francis H. Spear, L.C.C. Central School of Arts and Crafts Southampton Road London WC.' (Inscribed in pencil on the back)
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1990
Collection
Accession number
E.2009-1990

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Record createdFebruary 23, 2009
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