Figures round the stake: study for The Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer
Figures round the stake: study for The Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer

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Figures round the stake: study for The Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer,

1855

Sir George Hayter, 1792–1871; born and died London, England
x1984-409

Information

Title
Figures round the stake: study for The Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer
Dates

1855

Maker
Sir George Hayter
Medium
Brown ink over graphite
Dimensions
13.8 x 12.5 cm (5 7/16 x 4 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of George L. Small, Class of 1943
Object Number
x1984-409
Signatures
Dated and signed in brown ink, lower right: July 30. 55 GH
Culture
British
Type
studies (visual works), drawings
Materials
graphite, ink, wove paper
Subject
martyrs, stakes (pointed objects), men, figures (representations)

Gift of George L. Small

Figures Around the Stake

Album containing 99 original drawings and 87 architecture, portrait, and costume studies of a documentary nature for the paintings Latimer Preaching at Paul's Cross and The Martyrdom of Ridley and Latimer.

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