Detail View: The AMICA Library: THE DACRE BEASTS: The Dolphin

AMICA ID: 
VAM_.W.9:1-5-2000
AMICA Library Year: 
2003
Object Type: 
Sculpture
Creator Name: 
Unknown
Creator Nationality: 
English
Creator Name-CRT: 
Unknown
Title: 
THE DACRE BEASTS: The Dolphin
View: 
Right 3/4
Creation Date: 
Probably 1507-1525; the banners added about 1844
Materials and Techniques: 
Carved, painted and gilded oak, with tinned copper banners
Creation Place: 
Cumbria
Dimensions: 
200.5 x 35.5 x 73
Measurement Dimension: 
Height
Measurement Value: 
200.5
Measurement Unit: 
cm
Measurement Dimension: 
Width
Measurement Value: 
35.5
Measurement Unit: 
cm
Measurement Dimension: 
Depth
Measurement Value: 
73
Measurement Unit: 
cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Victoria and Albert Museum
Owner Location: 
London, England
ID Number: 
W.9:1-5-2000
Credit Line: 
Acquired with the assistance of The Friends of the V&A National Heritage Memorial Fund National Art Collections Fund and other private benefactors
Inscriptions: 
The Dolphin, the supporter of Elizabeth Greystoke, wife of Thomas, Lord Dacre (1467-1525) bears the contemporary arms of Greystoke 'barry of six ar. and az. three chaplets of roses gu. leaved vert'
Copyright: 
Permission for educational use only granted by the Victoria and Albert Museum 2003
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Naworth Castle, Cumbria
Context - Place: 
Cumbria, United Kingdom
Related Image Identifier Link: 
VAM_.CT72411.tif