Victorian

Saint Helen and the Holy Cross - Orleans Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 02/19/2012 - 16:03

These three stained glass panels, by the Lobin Studio, on the subject of St Helen, are in the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Orleans, France.

Saint Teresa of Ávila - Orleans Cathedral

walwyn Sun, 02/19/2012 - 20:08

These three images of Saint Teresa of Ávila at Orleans Cathedral are by Lucien Lobin.

Salvator Mundi - Gloucester Cathedral

walwyn Sat, 11/12/2011 - 19:40

This window by Hardman & Co., illustrates a Salvator Mundi in the typanum, whilst below are three panels depicting St Agnes, The Virgin Mary, and St Dorothy.

Sarah Baroness Braye Tomb - Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire

walwyn Mon, 11/02/2009 - 21:20

Tomb in memory of Sarah Baroness Braye (d1862) by Mary Thorneycroft.

Selles-sur-Cher

walwyn Sat, 10/31/2009 - 16:30

Dated 1887 this window of St Joseph, by Noel Lavergne, is in the church of Notre Dame la Blanche, Selles-sur-Cher.

This window of St. Peter receiving the keys of heaven, in the church of Notre Dame la Blanche, Selles-sur-Cher, is by Claudius Lavergne. The window is dated 1889 which is two years after Claudius Lavergne's death.

Sermon on the Mount - Tewkesbury Abbey

walwyn Sun, 02/07/2010 - 13:41

Main panel of this Hardman window illustrates Jesus delivering the Sermon on the Mount.

Shrigley & Hunt

walwyn Wed, 10/06/2010 - 00:03

Hudson, Shrigley and Co were originally church decorators in Lancaster. In about 1871 they employed, Arthur Hunt from Hertfordshire, who had trained as a stained glass maker with Heaton, Butler and Bayne, as the company manager. Hunt had a good business sense and within 8 years had taken over control of the company, employing talented artist like Carl Almquist and Edward Jewitt. Carl Almquist became the chief designer for the firm in 1873 and from 1879 was working mainly from their newly acquired London Studio. The company also made art tiles and developed a style of figurative stained glass work that was inspired by the Renaissance rather than the Gothic