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Design for an Iron Grill, South Kensington Museum

Design
1866 (made)
Artist/Maker
Poynter, Edward John (Sir) (designer)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Pen and ink and pencil. Ornament for the metalwork of a fireplace.

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Object details

Categories
History of the V&A
Drawings
Object type
Design
TitleDesign for an Iron Grill, South Kensington Museum (published title)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and pencil.
Pencil
Ink
Pen
Paper
Drawing
Brief description
E. J. Poynter, design for metalwork decoration for fireplace in V&A Grill Room: portion of general scheme. 1866.
Physical description
Pen and ink and pencil. Ornament for the metalwork of a fireplace.
Dimensions
  • Height: 14.3cm
  • Width: 11.3cm
Various sizes.
Object history
Poynter was invited to tender for the decoration of the V&A Grill Room in November 1865. The grill itself, for which designs including this one were prepared, bears inscriptions reading ‘EJP / INVENIT / 1866’, indicating that Poynter designed the grill in 1866. The dating of this design to 1871 at the time of acquisition, collectively with object numbers E.5272-1919 to E.5284-1919, is therefore inaccurate (see 1919 V&A Accession Register).
Subjects depicted
Ornament
Metalwork
Fireplace
Place depicted
Victoria and Albert Museum
Bibliographic references
  • Physick, John. The Victoria and Albert Museum: The History of Its Building. London: The Victoria & Albert Museum, 1982, pp. 139-141 and pls. XXVII-XXIX
  • Sheppard, F. H. W. (general ed.). Survey of London, vol. XXXVIII: The Museums Area of South Kensington and Westminster. London: Athlone Press, University of London, 1975, p. 111 and pl. 15
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1919, London: Printed Under the Authority of His Majesty's Stationery Office, 1921
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.5280-1919

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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