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Stained Glass Design

mid 19th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for a stained glass window with three lights showing scenes from the life of St. John.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink over preliminary pencil
Brief description
Design for a stained glass window with three lights possibly for the church of St. John the Baptist, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, showing scenes from the life of St. John. Pen and ink, and pencil drawing, possibly by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, mid-19th century.
Physical description
Design for a stained glass window with three lights showing scenes from the life of St. John.
Dimensions
  • Height: 44.1cm
  • Width: 20.3cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Circencester. 1', with each scene identified and blind stamped 'J.Hardman & Co.' (Inscribed by the artist)
  • 'JHardman & Coy' (Blind stamped)
Credit line
Given by the John Hardman Studios
Object history
The window, for which this drawing is a design, was produced by John Hardman & Co. The east window of the Chapel of St. John the Baptist has been much prasied. Hardman did much stained glass in the church.
Subjects depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • Alexandra Wedgwood, A.W.N. Pugin and the Pugin Family , London; V&A, 1985, p. 320.
Collection
Accession number
E.1323-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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