Placed above the lights depicting St. Mary, St. Elizabeth, and St. Anne, this Annunciation of 1880 is by William Morris.
Arts and Crafts
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Morris & Co.
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Founded as Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Company in 1861 by the socialist artist and designer William Morris along with Ford Madox Brown, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Peter Paul Marshall, Philip Webb, Charles James Faulkner, and Edward Burne-Jones. The company initially concentrated on ecclesiastical decoration including stained glass, and architectural carving from premises in London’s Red Lion Square, but moved to Queens Square, Bloomsbury in 1865.
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Rosenkrantz, Arild
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Born in Denmark in 1870 at Frederiksborg Castle Denmark Arild Rosenkrantz was the son of the Danish minister to Italy.
Cartoons of St Elizabeth and St Anne by Ford Madox Brown.
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Stained Glass in England
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The story of stained glass in England is one of both loss and renewal. The medieval and Renaissance centuries had produced a luminous synthesis of theology, craft, and architecture, an art that translated divine light into visible doctrine. Yet, with the Reformation and subsequent waves of iconoclasm, much of this splendour was extinguished. For nearly three hundred years, the craft languished, its techniques fragmented and its spiritual vocabulary forgotten
"Three young men in the fiery furnace" Edward Burne-Jones (1870).
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Townshend, Caroline
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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.
1908 stained glass window by Powell & sons (Whitefriars) depicting an angel greeting the two Mary's in front of the tomb.
Christopher Whall (1849-1924), studied art at the Royal Academy Schools where he became influenced by the Pre-Raphaelites. After leaving the Royal Academy in 1879 he specialized in stained glass, working for John Powell & sons as a designer, but started his own company when he wanted to learn the whole craft of stained glass making.
St. Peter, St. Augustine, St. Catherine, Eve, the Virgin, Magdalene, and St. Agnes by William Morris.
