Stained Glass Design
1870 (made)
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Design for a stained glass window with three lights showing scenes from the life of St. Edmund. The first light on the left is mainly in pen and ink over preliminary pencil with parts of the tracery above the scene of St. Edmund teaching painted in cherry red, blue, ochre and green watercolour. Details along the side and bottom are picked out in yellow ochre. The central light showing a vision of the saint's mother appearing with a halo and looking like the Virgin Mary is the most coloured of the three lights. It is painted all over in watercolour. The right-hand light shows St. Edmund standing high above kneeling or seated soldiers in armour, he raises a crucifix high above his head. The tracery above is painted in watercolours as in the light in the far left. Details along the side and bottom are picked out in yellow ochre. The design is drawn onto a piece of cream-coloured paper shaped like a single lancet window.
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Materials and techniques | Pen and ink over preliminary pencil and watercolour on paper |
Brief description | Design for a stained glass window for St. Edmund's College, Old Hall Green, Hertfordshire, showing scenes from the life of St. Edmund. Pen and ink, water-colour and pencil drawing probably by John Hardman Powell, 1870. |
Physical description | Design for a stained glass window with three lights showing scenes from the life of St. Edmund. The first light on the left is mainly in pen and ink over preliminary pencil with parts of the tracery above the scene of St. Edmund teaching painted in cherry red, blue, ochre and green watercolour. Details along the side and bottom are picked out in yellow ochre. The central light showing a vision of the saint's mother appearing with a halo and looking like the Virgin Mary is the most coloured of the three lights. It is painted all over in watercolour. The right-hand light shows St. Edmund standing high above kneeling or seated soldiers in armour, he raises a crucifix high above his head. The tracery above is painted in watercolours as in the light in the far left. Details along the side and bottom are picked out in yellow ochre. The design is drawn onto a piece of cream-coloured paper shaped like a single lancet window. |
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Credit line | Given by the John Hardman Studios |
Object history | The design was produced for a stained glass window for St. Edmund's College, Old Hall Green, Hertfordshire. The window, for which this drawing is a design, was produced by John Hardman & Co. |
Historical context | The College chapel was added by A. W. N. Pugin. |
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Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
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Accession number | E.1325-1963 |
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Record created | August 9, 2005 |
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