This four-light window, at All Saints Stamford, executed in the early–mid 1930s and attributed to Archibald Keightley Nicholson, depicts Christ teaching the Apostles, accompanied by the inscription from the Gospel of John:

“I am the way, the truth and the life.” (John 14:6)

Christ stands centrally, haloed and frontal, raising his right hand in blessing while holding a scroll or book in his left. Around him gather the disciples, closely grouped and attentively engaged, their heads inclined toward the speaker. The composition corresponds not to Gethsemane but to the Farewell Discourse in John’s Gospel, where Christ instructs his followers before the Passion.

The architectural canopies above each figure, with their crisp pinnacles and traceried details, reflect the continuation of Gothic Revival forms into the interwar period. The colour scheme — luminous blues, reds, and greens set against pale quarry backgrounds — and the disciplined drawing of faces and drapery are characteristic of Nicholson’s mature style.

Theological emphasis rests on Christ as mediator and guide: the central blessing gesture reinforces the doctrinal weight of the inscription, while the surrounding Apostles embody the apostolic Church receiving and transmitting divine teaching.

The window stands within the tradition of early twentieth-century Anglican stained glass, combining traditional iconography with a streamlined graphic clarity typical of the 1930s.