Stained Glass

Townshend, Caroline

walwyn Sun, 09/13/2009 - 16:08

 

 

Caroline Charlotte Townshend (1878-1944) was the daughter of the Suffragette Emily Townshend. She created the Fabian window from a design by George Bernard Shaw in 1910. After the first world war she set up home with her partner Joan Howson.

 

 

Traherne Memorial - Hereford Cathederal

walwyn Mon, 03/01/2010 - 23:48

 

 

 

Memorial to English Metaphysical poet Thomas Traherne (1637-74) by Tom Denny, Audley Chapel, Hereford Cathederal.

 

 

 

 

Transfiguration - Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

walwyn Sun, 11/21/2010 - 22:44

 

Made in 1895 by Burlison & Grylls this Transfiguration scene was give to St Etheldreda and St Wilfred church, Guilsborough by Lady Cicely Clifton. Time has not been kind to this window with a number of the faces and clothing fading.

 

 

Transfiguration - Tewkesbury Abbey

walwyn Sun, 02/07/2010 - 19:37

Healing the Sick - Tewkesbury Abbey

 

 

This window by Hardman (1892) is Christ in Glory with the prophets Moses and Elijah to the left and right.

Tree of Jesse - Lady Chapel Evreux

walwyn Fri, 07/27/2012 - 20:50

 

 

This stained glass window in the Lady Chapel of Evreux Cathedral was a given to the cathedral by King Louis XI of France between 1467 and 1469.

 

 

Tree of Jesse - St Godard, Rouen

walwyn Thu, 02/24/2011 - 22:00

 

 

This Tree of Jesse in the church of St Godard Rouen, is the work of Arnoult de Nimégue (1506).

Tree of Jesse - Tours Cathedral

walwyn Thu, 09/20/2012 - 22:17

 

This late 13th century window, above the choir at Tours cathedral. The 18 panels in the main part of the window depict the Tree of Jesse running up the center of the window, and the childhood of Christ on either side. The panels in the tracery contain representations of Abraham and Isaac, and an Angel with a Lamb stopping the sacrifice of Isaac.

 

Two Mary's and Angel at the Tomb - Guilsborough, Northamptonshire

walwyn Sat, 11/20/2010 - 23:44

 

 

1908 stained glass window by Powell & sons (Whitefriars) depicting an angel greeting the two Mary's in front of the tomb.

 

Two Mitred Abbots - Stanford on Avon, Northamptonshire

walwyn Thu, 10/20/2011 - 22:25

 

 

These two mitred abbots are from about 1327-1330, and can seen in the tracery of the east window of St Nicholas, Stanford-on-Avon, Northamptonshire.

 

 

 

Victoria Diamond Jubilee Window - Great Malvern Priory

walwyn Thu, 09/01/2011 - 20:39

 

This window by CE Kempe was installed in the South Aisle Chapel in 1897 to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria. The window was paid for by subscription from the women of the parish.

 

 

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