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Object name(s):
Record drawing
Brief description:
Drawing of a stained glass panel depicting King Athelstan laying his sword on an altar. There are also sketches of details from the panel, with more on the back of the sheet.
Collection:
Victoria and Albert Museum
Associated concept:
Drawings
Associated concept:
Stained Glass
Associated concept:
Christianity
Associated concept:
Designs
Associated place:
York Minster
Content - concept:
stained glass
Content - concept:
swords
Content - concept:
altars
Current reproduction location:
https://framemark.vam.ac.uk/collections/2016JA1485/full/!100,100/0/default.jpg
Location type:
Thumbnail
Dimension:
Height
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
8.5
Dimension:
Width
Dimension measurement unit:
in
Dimension value:
10.4375
Inscription content:
JWK
Inscription interpretation:
signed in pencil
Material:
paper (fiber product)
Material:
water-colour
Object history note:
The stained glass from which this copy was made is in the western light of the second window from the west, known as the Parker window, in the north aisle of the choir of York Minster. The window was given by Thomas Parker, Canon of York 1410-1423.
Object name:
Record drawing
Object number:
E.1161-1929
Object production date:
ca. 1890-1929
Date - association:
made
Date - earliest / single:
1885-01-01
Date - latest:
1929-12-31
Object production person:
Knowles, J. W.
Person's association:
artist
Object production place:
Great Britain
Place association:
made
Physical description:
Drawing of a stained glass panel depicting King Athelstan laying his sword on an altar. There are also sketches of details from the panel, with more on the back of the sheet.
Reproduction number:
2016JA1485
Reproduction number:
2016JA1672
Responsible department/section:
PDP
Technique:
drawing
Technique:
pencil and watercolour drawing
Text reason:
Collections online record
User's reference:
Reference:
Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1929, London: Board of Education, 1930.

Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/92f4cac5-9336-3e37-8d3c-269ab89b8bf6

Use licence for this record: CC BY-NC

Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/92f4cac5-9336-3e37-8d3c-269ab89b8bf6, Victoria and Albert Museum, CC BY-NC

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