Drawing
1908 (drawn)
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Black and white sketch of decoration in the chapel in the east aisle of the north transept of Ely Cathedral. The image shows hangings of plain material draped, and of patterned material flat, surmounted by a band of scroll-work. Above is a further band composed of diagonal stripes of alternate scroll and fret patterns, headed by a horizontal band of scroll-work.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and black and white watercolour |
| Brief description | Drawing by Ernest Tristram, sketch, partly made up from a sketch made about 1880 by Professor Lethaby, and partly from the painting that survives, of decoration in the chapel in the east aisle of the north transept of Ely Cathedral, pen and ink and black and white watercolour on paper, Great Britain, 1908 |
| Physical description | Black and white sketch of decoration in the chapel in the east aisle of the north transept of Ely Cathedral. The image shows hangings of plain material draped, and of patterned material flat, surmounted by a band of scroll-work. Above is a further band composed of diagonal stripes of alternate scroll and fret patterns, headed by a horizontal band of scroll-work. |
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| Object history | This sketch is partly made up from a drawing made about 1880 by Professor Lethaby, and partly from the painting that survives in the chapel in the east aisle of the north transept of Ely Cathedral. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1928. London: HMSO, 1929 |
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| Accession number | E.757-1928 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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