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Minstrel with Cymbals (© William Morris Gallery and Brangwyn Gift)
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© William Morris Gallery and Brangwyn Gift

Minstrel with Cymbals

Artist: William Morris (1834 - 1896)

Location: William Morris Gallery and Brangwyn Gift

Date: 1880

Materials: painted, stained & leaded antique glass

Dimensions: 64 x 48 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £3,000 (Total: £8,500)

Vendor: Christie's

Review number: 3809 (1992)

Provenance:
Original location not known; formerly in a house in Banffshire, Scotland.

Description:
A young, robed minstrel, playing cymbals amid fruit and foliage and flanked by narrow panels of stylised hop-vines. The original cartoon was drawn in 1868 for the East Window of St.John's Church, Dalton, Yorkshire. Made by Morris & Company.

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