Watercolour Drawing
1911 (made)
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Copy of a 14th century painting on the wooden vaulting of the Chapter House in York Cathedral. It depicts a figure of a woman symbolic of the synagogue. She is blindfolded and there is a crown on her shoulder, as if falling down. She is also holding a spear bent in two places in one hand and a red and gold box in the other.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | watercolour drawing |
| Brief description | E. W. Tristram. One of three copies of painted wooden vaulting from York Minster. British, 1911. |
| Physical description | Copy of a 14th century painting on the wooden vaulting of the Chapter House in York Cathedral. It depicts a figure of a woman symbolic of the synagogue. She is blindfolded and there is a crown on her shoulder, as if falling down. She is also holding a spear bent in two places in one hand and a red and gold box in the other. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design, Accessions 1915, London: Printed under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1916. |
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| Accession number | E.559-1915 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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