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The South Kensington Museum (now the V&amp;A) commissioned him to provide designs for large figure panels and other decorations for the Dutch Kitchen or Grill Room (this is now called the Poynter Room). His lively drawing of the human figure gives a sense of life and movement to the conventional series of the Twelve Months. Students in the women's section of the School of Design at South Kensington painted the tile panels.\n\r\nThe Refreshment Rooms were opened during 1868. They consisted of three rooms: the central room, now known as the Gamble Room, which has a semi-circular northern side, following the plan of the Lecture Theatre above it; and a smaller, square room on either side, the Green Dining Room to the west and the Grill Room to the east. 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Lady in a long, patterned dress watering plants in a garden. 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Judging from the nineteenth <i>Report of the Science and Art Department</i>, the Grill Room's large tile panels, derived from designs including this one, were all installed by the end of 1871. This particular design bears Poynter's monogram signature with the date 1869.","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"E. J. Poynter, design for 1 of 12 tile panels of the months in V&A Grill Room: 'June'. 1869.","bibliographicReferences":[{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"<u>Nineteenth Report of the Science and Art Department</u>. London: printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode for H.M.S.O., 1872, p. 388"},{"reference":{"text":"Physick, John. <u>The Victoria and Albert Museum: The History of Its Building</u>. London: The Victoria & Albert Museum, 1982.","id":"AUTH322581"},"details":"pp. 139-141 and pls. XXVII-XXIX","free":""},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Sheppard, F. H. W. (general ed.). <u>Survey of London, vol. 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