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Panel

1932 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Window of five main lights and ten tracery lights showing the Ascension of Christ through two rainbows, flanked by angels blowing trumpets, the Crucifixion and a sleeping soldier. Rays of light radiate into the tracery which has a row of vertical trumpets at the top.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Stained and painted glass
Brief description
Clear and coloured glass with painted and stained details, from a window of five main lights and ten tracery lights. Depicting the Ascension of Jesus Christ. Designed and made by Frank Salisbury. English, 1932.
Physical description
Window of five main lights and ten tracery lights showing the Ascension of Christ through two rainbows, flanked by angels blowing trumpets, the Crucifixion and a sleeping soldier. Rays of light radiate into the tracery which has a row of vertical trumpets at the top.
Dimensions
  • Height: 96.0cm
  • Width: 44.7cm
Production typeUnique
Object history
Made for the chapel of Richmond College, Queen's Road, Richmond, Surrey, a theological training college for the Methodist Church. The property was sold by the Methodist Church in about 1980 and the window removed at that time.

Historical significance: Salisbury designed a number of windows for Wesley's Chapel, the home of Methodism in the City of London.
Production
Reason for production: Commission
Collection
Accession number
C.125C-1985

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2019
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