Print Specifics: Description: a 1955 advertisement for the Spicers Penguin White Art paper Condition: 1 (1. Excellent - 2. Very good - 3. Good - 4. Fair). Overall Dimensions: 8 x 11 inches. 20 x 28 cm, incl. blank borders around the image. Paper weight: 3 (1. Thick - 2. Heavier - 3. Medium heavy - 4. Slightly heavier - 5. Thin) Reverse side: with several lines of text listing the company's branches in UK. Notes: 1. Green color around the advertisement in the photo is a contrasting background on which the ad was photographed. Narrative: A painted glass panel at Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Early 16th C, appr. dim: 8 x 12 inches. This PANEL is an example of a type of glass-painting peculiar to Switzerland. During the fifteenth century it became the custom to present small panels of stained glass in commemoration of important events such as a wedding, an election to an office, or the erection of a public or private building. Both donor and recipient of the gift could be an ecclesiastic, a nobleman, a town councillor, a private citizen, or a whole corporation or association. The majority of the panels bore the arms and name of the donor; the panel illustrated here is unusual in that it possesses neither of these features. The design is still essentially Gothic in feeling and does not show the elaborate Renaissance decoration which began to appear during the first quarter of the sixteenth century. The blue and green are pot-metal colours, that is, they are contained in the glass and not painted on it. The yellow details are painted on the back of the glass in silver stain which turns yellow when fired. The only enamel paint used is black, and the anonymous artist has skilfully picked out the details and high-lights by removing the black enamel with a stick or quill before the panel was fired. The top part of the column beneath the capital on the left is a restoration. Martin2001 Satisfaction Guaranteed Policy! Any item purchased from me may be returned for any (or no) reason for a full refund including all postage. Internet seller since 1998. Five-star service.