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Sicklinghall apse East window

Stained Glass Design
1917-1925 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for the East window of Sicklinghall Apse with two window lights close together in the centre with two single lights on either side. The central lights show the Marys at the tomb guarded by an angel. The single lights depict angels holding scrolls. The design is for stained glass drawn in pen and ink and painted in watercolour on a rectangular sheet of cream-coloured paper, mounted onto a small rectangular piece of card.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleSicklinghall apse East window (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour on paper, mounted on card
Brief description
Stained glass design for the East window of Sicklinghall apse, pen and ink mounted on card, Burlison & Grylls, England, 1917-1925
Physical description
Design for the East window of Sicklinghall Apse with two window lights close together in the centre with two single lights on either side. The central lights show the Marys at the tomb guarded by an angel. The single lights depict angels holding scrolls. The design is for stained glass drawn in pen and ink and painted in watercolour on a rectangular sheet of cream-coloured paper, mounted onto a small rectangular piece of card.
Dimensions
  • Without mount height: 16.6cm
  • Without mount width: 24cm
  • Mount height: 26.1cm
  • Mount width: 33.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Burlison & Glls' (Signature; Bottom right; Handwriting; Ink)
  • '1917 / Packet / Marys at the Tomb:' (Textual information; Top left corner; Handwriting; Ink)
  • 'Sicklinghall. Apse / East window, with two single lights' (Textual information; Top right side; Handwriting; Ink)
  • '1" Scale .' (Textual information; Left of centre near top.; Handwriting; Ink)
Credit line
Given by The Ashmolean Museum from the estate of the late Brian Miller
Object history
This stained glass design (one of 32) was in the collection of the late B.D.H. Miller who bequeathed them to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Timothy Wilson, Keeper of Western Art, Ashmolean Museum gave them to the Victoria and Albert Museum.

The designs were lot 320 in the sale of the contents of Towne Furlong Farm, Phillips, Oxford, sales catalogue, Thursday, 13 June 1991.

The design is for the East window of the apse of Sicklinghall church.
Bibliographic reference
Harrison, Martin 'Victorian Stained Glass'. London: Barrie & Jenkins, 1980, 76 p.
Collection
Accession number
E.1431-2001

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Record createdDecember 14, 2001
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