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Drawing

1926 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Ernest William Tristram (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (drawn)

Copy of a painting on the north wall of Eton College Chapel. The painting depicts a half-length portrait of St. Mary Magdalene, who is shown removing the lid from a cup she is holding in her left hand.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Christianity
Designs
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Watercolour on paper
Paper
Watercolour
Drawing
Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description
Drawing by Ernest Tristram, copy of a painting on the north wall of Eton College Chapel, watercolour on paper, Great Britain, 1926
Physical description
Copy of a painting on the north wall of Eton College Chapel. The painting depicts a half-length portrait of St. Mary Magdalene, who is shown removing the lid from a cup she is holding in her left hand.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21.375in
  • Width: 14.5in
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. Tristram 1926.' (Signed)
Object history
The painting copied in this sketch is dated 1482-3 and is located on the north wall of Eton College Chapel.
Subject depicted
Mary Magdalene
Association
Eton
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929
  • James, M. R. The Frescoes in the Chapel at Eton College. Eton: Spottiswoode & Co., 1907.
  • Holmes, C. The Wall Paintings in Eton College Chapel. The Burlington Magazine. XLIII, 229, 1923.
  • James, M. R. Old Wall Paintings in Eton College Chapel. Country Life. LIV, 303, 1923.
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.771-1928

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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