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Drawing

1927 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Ernest William Tristram (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Copies (2 on 1 sheet) of painted decoration on the tomb of Elizabeth Montacute in the Lady Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxfordshire. The drawing in the upper half of the sheet depicts a pattern of gold leopard's heads, filled in between with foliage and flowers, on a bright red ground, on cote-hardi and a relief pattern of fleur-de-lis. The lower image depicts a pattern in under tunic.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Death
Designs
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Paper
Watercolour
Drawing
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Drawing by Ernest Tristram, copies (2 on 1 sheet) of painted decoration on the tomb of Elizabeth Montacute in the Lady Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxfordshire, watercolour on paper, Great Britain, 1927
Physical description
Copies (2 on 1 sheet) of painted decoration on the tomb of Elizabeth Montacute in the Lady Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxfordshire. The drawing in the upper half of the sheet depicts a pattern of gold leopard's heads, filled in between with foliage and flowers, on a bright red ground, on cote-hardi and a relief pattern of fleur-de-lis. The lower image depicts a pattern in under tunic.
Dimensions
  • Height: 11.4375in
  • Width: 5.5in
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
Marks and inscriptions
'E. W. T. 1927.' (Each drawing signed)
Object history
The paintings copied in this sketch are located in the Lady Chapel of Christ Church Cathedral in Oxford.
Subject depicted
Tomb
Association
Christ Church
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
  • James, M. R. and E. W. Tristram. Mediaeval Wall-Paintings at Christ Church, Oxford. The Volume of the Walpole Society. 1927-1928, vol. 16.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.813-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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