The Theodore Watts-Dunton Cabinet: The Wedding of Saint George
Henry Treffry Dunn (Truro 1838 - 1899)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1896 - circa 1898
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
200 x 370 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288304.10
Summary
Oil painting on panel (shaped top), The Theodore Watts-Dunton Cabinet: The Wedding of Saint George by Henry Treffry Dunn (Truro 1838 - 1899), circa 1896-98. This differs considerably from the original, having additional heads in the bottom corners.The paintings are versions of five of the six designs by Rossetti of 1861-62 for Morris stained glass panels. (Surtees Nos. 145, 147, 148, 149, 150), Birmingham City Art Gallery). Backgrounds, figure groupings and details differ from the original cartoons in Indian ink.
Makers and roles
Henry Treffry Dunn (Truro 1838 - 1899), artist Thomas Keynes, woodcarver