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The windows were spared destruction under Oliver Cromwell because Yorkshire-born Lord Thomas Fairfax, Cromwell's Parliamentary General, issued an order that "the man who damaged the windows [of York Minster] would be shot at sight." [22] In 1791 and 1793, William Peckitt of York, an enamel glass painter, made some repairs to the windows. [23]
A World War I memorial window by Nicholas Mynheer of Oxford, to mark the centenary of the First World War. It depicts an image of Southwell Minster, the women left at home working (one ploughing with a horse), miners and soldiers. There are also images of biplanes dogfighting, a line of men blinded by gas, and a single poppy.
The windows were commissioned by Herbert Baker, the Cathedral architect. Baker had previously commissioned Whall and Karl Parsons to design windows for St George's Cathedral in Cape Town and Baker also commissioned Whall to design the memorial window in memory of his father-in-law in the Nurstead church. [3] Dornoch Cathedral: Dornoch ...
Christopher Whall designed the two windows on the South side of the church and also six clerestory windows. One of the two windows on the South side is "The Adoration of the Magi and the Shepherds." It is a three-light traceried window, designed by Whall and made by him and his assistants in the workshops of Messrs. Lowndes and Drury.
Thornton's depiction of St John the Baptist, from the Great East Window of York Minster, showing his characteristic treatment of faces. John Thornton of Coventry (fl. 1405–1433) was a master glazier and stained glass artist active in England during the 15th century.
Main article: Christopher Whall Centre light of three-light window in Dornoch Cathedral. This is a list of the stained glass works of Christopher Whall (1849–1924) in Scotland reflecting Whall's intent to reflect the inspiration of nature in this art. Whall's works also include: Gloucester Cathedral War Memorial windows Cathedrals and Minsters windows Church Location Date(s) Subject, notes ...
Two windows were completed for the cathedral's St Dunstan's Chapel. [2] St Mary's Church Lynton, Devon: 1907 Whall completed a lancet in the North Chapel of St Mary's entitled "St Anne and the Virgin". In The Buildings of England: Devon by Bridget Cherry and Nikolaus Pevsner, this work was described as "a fine composition of blue, purple and ...
English Gothic stained glass windows were an important feature of English Gothic architecture, which appeared between the late 12th and late 16th centuries.They evolved from narrow windows filled with a mosaic of deeply-coloured pieces of glass into gigantic windows that filled entire walls, with a full range of colours and more naturalistic figures.