Westminster. St Margaret's John Milton memorial
Stained Glass Design
1855-1895 (designed)
1855-1895 (designed)
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Stained glass design for a four light window for St Margaret's Westminster, John Milton memorial, above which are designs for tracery. In the centre of the tracery are Adam in the Garden of Eden and Moses or Christ holding up the Ten Commandments flanked by figures of angels. The Annunciation, the Nativity, the Batism of Christ and the Temptation of Christ are depicted from left to right in the top of the main lights. Eve giving the apple to Adam, the figure of John Milton (1608-74) and Mary Powell, his wife, both in a version of seventeeth-century costume, and the Expulsion of Adam and Eve are depicted from left to right in the middle of the main lights. Scenes probably from 'Paradise Lost' or its sequl, 'Paradise Regained' by John Milton, are depicted from left to right at the bottom of the main lights. The designs are drawn in pen and ink and watercolour on a large sheet of cream-coloured paper stuck to a small rectangular card support. There is a dark grey frame around the front of the design. The frame is attached to the back of the card support by masking tape.
Object details
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| Title | Westminster. St Margaret's John Milton memorial (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and wash on wove paper, mounted on card |
| Brief description | Stained glass design for the Milton memorial at St Margaret's Westminster, designed by Alfred Bell and John Richard Clayton, London, 1855-1895 |
| Physical description | Stained glass design for a four light window for St Margaret's Westminster, John Milton memorial, above which are designs for tracery. In the centre of the tracery are Adam in the Garden of Eden and Moses or Christ holding up the Ten Commandments flanked by figures of angels. The Annunciation, the Nativity, the Batism of Christ and the Temptation of Christ are depicted from left to right in the top of the main lights. Eve giving the apple to Adam, the figure of John Milton (1608-74) and Mary Powell, his wife, both in a version of seventeeth-century costume, and the Expulsion of Adam and Eve are depicted from left to right in the middle of the main lights. Scenes probably from 'Paradise Lost' or its sequl, 'Paradise Regained' by John Milton, are depicted from left to right at the bottom of the main lights. The designs are drawn in pen and ink and watercolour on a large sheet of cream-coloured paper stuck to a small rectangular card support. There is a dark grey frame around the front of the design. The frame is attached to the back of the card support by masking tape. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'JOHN . R .CLAYTON . & . ALFERD . BELL / LONDON .' (Signature; Bottom right corner of front of design.; Typography; Pen and ink) |
| Credit line | Given by The Ashmolean Museum from the estate of the late Brian Miller |
| Object history | This stained glass design, (one of 32) was in the collection of the late B.D.H. Miller who bequeathed them to the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Timothy Wilson, Keeper of Western Art, Ashmolean Museum gave them to the Victoria and Albert Museum. The designs were lot 320 in the sale of the contents of Towne Furlong Farm, Phillips, Oxford, sales catalogue, Thursday, 13 June 1991. John Milton, the English poet, wrote 'Paradise Lost' in 1667 and its sequel 'Paradise Regained' in 1671. |
| Production | John Richard Clayton (1827-1913) and Alfred Bell (1832-95) became partners in 1855. Since Alfred Bell died in 1895 and the design is inscribed 'JOHN. R.CLAYTON & ALFRED.BELL' it is likely that this design was made during their partnership, in the firm of Clayton & Bell, which would give the starting date of 1855 and the end date of 1895. |
| Bibliographic reference | Harrison, Martin 'Victorian Stained Glass', London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1980, pp.76 -77.
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| Accession number | E.1442-2001 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2002 |
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