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Design

late 19th century to early 20th century (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Heaton, Butler & Bayne was a successful English firm of stained-glass manufacturers. Clement Heaton (1824-1882) founded his own stained-glass firm in 1852 and was joined by James Butler (1830-1913) in 1855. The firm became known as Heaton, Butler & Bayne from 1862 when Robert Turnhill Bayne (1837-1915), a Pre-Raphaelite artist, became partner and chief designer. They designed and made windows for private homes as well churches throughout Britain, the USA and Australia, and were well-known for the exceptionally wide range of coloured glass they produced.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour on paper
Brief description
Heaton, Butler & Bayne, design for a pipe organ, pen and ink and watercolour, London, late 19th to early 20th century
Physical description
Design, in pen and ink and watercolour, for a pipe organ showing front and side elevations. The organ is designed in a gothic revival style with painted floral decoration.
Dimensions
  • Height: 42.5cm
  • Width: 40.7cm
  • Mount height: 53.6cm
  • Mount width: 50.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 11021 (Numbered in ink)
  • Heaton, Butler & Bayne. / 14 Garrick St London. (Blind stamped)
  • ONE INCH SCALE (Inscribed in ink)
Subjects depicted
Summary
Heaton, Butler & Bayne was a successful English firm of stained-glass manufacturers. Clement Heaton (1824-1882) founded his own stained-glass firm in 1852 and was joined by James Butler (1830-1913) in 1855. The firm became known as Heaton, Butler & Bayne from 1862 when Robert Turnhill Bayne (1837-1915), a Pre-Raphaelite artist, became partner and chief designer. They designed and made windows for private homes as well churches throughout Britain, the USA and Australia, and were well-known for the exceptionally wide range of coloured glass they produced.
Collection
Accession number
E.72-2020

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Record createdJanuary 16, 2020
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