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Record Drawing of Stained Glass

ca. 1880 - ca. 1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Black and white reproduction of two drawings of stained glass, depicting the Martyrdom of St Edmund and the head of St Edmund found in a wood.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
process reproduction
Brief description
Print reproduction of a drawing of a stained glass window in York Minster, J. W. Knowles, Great Britain, ca.1880-1920
Physical description
Black and white reproduction of two drawings of stained glass, depicting the Martyrdom of St Edmund and the head of St Edmund found in a wood.
Dimensions
  • Height: 3.875in (Note: first drawing)
  • Width: 3.375in (Note: first drawing)
  • Height: 4in (Note: second drawing)
  • Width: 3.5in (Note: second drawing)
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Marks and inscriptions
JWK (signed in pencil)
Object history
The stained glass windows on which these reproductions were based are in the south-west window of the Chapter House of York Minster, and date from the early 14th century.
Subjects depicted
Association
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.
Collection
Accession number
E.2576-1929

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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