Cratfield East Window
Stained Glass Design
1917-1925 (designed)
1917-1925 (designed)
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Stained glass design for the east window of Cratfield Church, Suffolk with four lights and designs for tracery, filled with stained glass, above. The Nativity is depicted in small scenes in the lights on the far left and right. The light, to the left of centre, shows the Crucifixion and the light on the right of centre, shows Christ in Glory. The design is drawn in pen and ink and watercolour on paper and mounted onto a small piece of rectangular card.
Object details
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| Title | Cratfield East Window (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink and watercolour with gum arabic on wove paper, mounted on card |
| Brief description | Stained glass design for the east window of Cratfield church, Suffolk, by Clayton & Bell, pen and ink and watercolour, London, 1917-1925 |
| Physical description | Stained glass design for the east window of Cratfield Church, Suffolk with four lights and designs for tracery, filled with stained glass, above. The Nativity is depicted in small scenes in the lights on the far left and right. The light, to the left of centre, shows the Crucifixion and the light on the right of centre, shows Christ in Glory. The design is drawn in pen and ink and watercolour on paper and mounted onto a small piece of rectangular card. |
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| 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. This design is for the east window of Cratfield church, Suffolk. |
| Bibliographic reference | Harrison, Martin 'Victorian Stained Glass', London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1980, pp.76 -77.
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| Accession number | E.1457-2001 |
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| Record created | March 18, 2002 |
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