St. Frideswide of Oxford
Stained Glass Design
1920-1925 (designed)
1920-1925 (designed)
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Design for stained glass for St. Frideswide of Oxford, for a single light window depicting St.Frideswide, wearing a nun's habit, holding a bishop's crosier in her right hand and the model of a church in the crook of her left arm. Drawn in pen and ink and watercolour onpaper, mounted on to a small, rectangular piece of card.
Object details
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| Title | St. Frideswide of Oxford (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour and gum arabic on wove paper, mounted on card |
| Brief description | Stained glass design for St Frideswide of Oxford, by John Clement Bell for Clayton & Bell, pen and ink and watercolour, London, 1920-1925 |
| Physical description | Design for stained glass for St. Frideswide of Oxford, for a single light window depicting St.Frideswide, wearing a nun's habit, holding a bishop's crosier in her right hand and the model of a church in the crook of her left arm. Drawn in pen and ink and watercolour onpaper, mounted on to a small, rectangular piece of card. |
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| 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. |
| Bibliographic reference | Harrison, Martin 'Victorian Stained Glass', London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1980, pp.76 -77.
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| Accession number | E.1447-2001 |
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| Record created | February 18, 2002 |
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