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Watercolour Drawing

1851-1853 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pen and ink and pencil drawing with watercolour and chinese white, showing an altar and reredos


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
pencil and watercolour
Brief description
T. A. Clayton. Original drawing, of an altar and reredos designed by A.W.N. Pugin; reproduced as Plate 142 in Vol. II of The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition, MDCCCLI, by Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt, London, 1851-53.
Physical description
Pen and ink and pencil drawing with watercolour and chinese white, showing an altar and reredos
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.875in
  • Width: 10.5in
Credit line
Given by the Hon. Sir Steven Runciman, F.B.A.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1950, London: HMSO, 1962.
  • Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt, The Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition, MDCCCLI, Vol. II, Day & Son, London, 1851-53
Collection
Accession number
E.736-1950

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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