The Tomb of Tristram and Iseult
1862
Accession number: 1912P37
Indian ink and brown wash over pencil on paper laid onto canvas.
Width: 642 mm
Height: 641 mm
Information
This is one of a series of thirteen stained glass designs illustrating the Story of Tristram and Iseult as told in Malory's 'Morte d'Arthur'. Walter Dunlop of Bradford commissioned the windows for his music room at Harden Grange, near Bingley, Yorkshire. They were made by Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Company in 1862. The windows are now in the collection of Bradford City Art Gallery.
- Presented by Charles Fairfax Murray, 1912.
- © Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
Makers
| Association | Artist | Organisation |
|---|---|---|
| Artist | Sir Edward Burne-Jones | - |
Inscriptions
| Type | Position(s) | Method | Date(s) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| marriage/ blue/ blue/ blue/ blue/ blue/ bloo [sic]/ blu [sic]/ blew [sic]/ blue/ blue//[the following covered by the frame:] King's Idylls Tennyson's side/ Tristrams [sic] art/ potion/ tomb/ Malory marriage/ Tristram's tomb // [reverse frame makers' label] Charles Robertson & Co / Piccadilly/ London/ Mediums [sic], Colours, Frames | ||||
| Notes | Front | Handwritten | - | notes written in pencil. handwritten by the artist |
Exhibitions
| Catalogue No. | Venue | Date(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burne-Jones: the Paintings, Graphic and Decorative Work of Sir Edward Burne-Jones | |||
| 78 | Hayward Gallery, London | 1975-11-05 - 1976-01-04 | |
| 78 | Southampton City Art Gallery | 1976-01-24 - 1976-02-22 | |
| 78 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | 1976-03-10 - 1976-04-11 | |
| William Morris and the Middle Ages | |||
| 138 | Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester | 1984-09-28 - 1984-12-08 | |
| Bodley, Morris and the Pre-Raphaelites in Scarborough | |||
| 57 | Scarborough Art Gallery | 1988-08-20 - 1988-10-01 | |
Literature
| Author(s) | Date(s) | Publisher | Pages |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalogue of Drawings | |||
| A E Whitley | 1939 | Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery | p. 138 |
| Art Quarterly, vol XXXVI, 1-2 | |||
| John Christian | 1973 | Art Quarterly | p. 68, fig. 19 |
| The Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle | |||
| A Charles Sewter | 1975 | Yale University Press, New Haven | Vol. II; pp.26-27 |
| William Morris and the Middle Ages | |||
| 1984 | Manchester University Press, Manchester | p.184, pl.138 | |
| Hidden Burne-Jones: Works on paper by Edward Burne-Jones from Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery | |||
| Elisa Korb, Tessa Sidey | 2007 | Dan Giles Ltd., London | p. 89 |
Associated people
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Walter Dunlop | Commissioned by |
| Sir Thomas Malory | Author |
Associated places
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Harden Grange, Bingley, Yorkshire, England | Made for |
Associated organisations
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co | Realised by |
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