The Marriage of Editha with Sigtrygg, King of Northumbria, 1909. After a design by Ford Madox Brown. Artist: Thomas Matthews Rooke. This watercolour is a copy of the first window of the south side of the Chancel Clerestory, St Edith's, Tamworth, Staffordshire depicting Athelstan, King of the West Saxon's giving away his sister, St Editha to Sigtrig, King of Northumbria, who places a ring on her finger as Aella, Bishop of Lichfield looks on. The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, holds the original cartoons for this window which date from Thomas Rooke worked as Burne-Jones's studio assi
The Marriage of Editha with Sigtrygg, King of Northumbria, 1909. After a design by Ford Madox Brown. Artist: Thomas Matthews Rooke. This watercolour is a copy of the first window of the south side of the Chancel Clerestory, St Edith's, Tamworth, Staffordshire depicting Athelstan, King of the West Saxon's giving away his sister, St Editha to Sigtrig, King of Northumbria, who places a ring on her finger as Aella, Bishop of Lichfield looks on. The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, holds the original cartoons for this window which date from Thomas Rooke worked as Burne-Jones's studio assistant from 1869 until the latter's death in 1898.
Size: 3296px × 4000px
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License: Licensed
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Keywords: art, glass, movement, pre-raphaelite, stained
