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West Ashton E.Ww

Stained Glass Design
1920-1925 (designed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for stained glass at West Ashton church. A single light window showing Christ in Majesty above two figures of angels and four kneeling figures, including St.George. The design isdrawn in pen and ink and watercolour on a rectangular sheet of cream-coloured paper stuck onto a small rectangular piece of cream-coloured card.

Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleWest Ashton E.Ww (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink and watercolour on wove paper, mounted on card
Brief description
Stained glass design for West Ashton church, by Clayton & Bell, pen and ink and watercolour, London, 1920-1925
Physical description
Design for stained glass at West Ashton church. A single light window showing Christ in Majesty above two figures of angels and four kneeling figures, including St.George. The design isdrawn in pen and ink and watercolour on a rectangular sheet of cream-coloured paper stuck onto a small rectangular piece of cream-coloured card.
Dimensions
  • Including mount height: 31.5cm
  • Including mount width: 18.4cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'John Clement Bell for / Clayton & Bell . / JCB' (Signature; Top of back of frame; Handwriting; Pencil)
  • 'CLAYTON & BELL' (Signature; Bottom left corner on front of design.; Typography; Ink)
  • 'SCALE 3/4"' (Textual information; Top left corner of front of design.; Typography; 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.

This design is for the west window of West Ashton church.
Bibliographic reference
Harrison, Martin 'Victorian Stained Glass', London, Barrie & Jenkins, 1980, pp.76 -77.
Collection
Accession number
E.1448-2001

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Record createdMarch 18, 2002
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