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Stained glass panel

  • Designer / Maker

    Designer A.W.N. Pugin (1812-52)

    Maker John Hardman & Son (their glass manufactory founded 1845, later Hardman Studios)

  • Detail

    Stained glass and lead

    107 x 52 cm

    English (Birmingham), 1846-52, and later

  • Provenance

    By repute from the Palace of Westminster, removed before or during World War II; Hardman Studios; acquired by Clive Wainwright as a gift from the Phillips family, probably 1990s; Clive and Jane Wainwright

  • Exhibited

    Clive and Jane Wainwright Collection, H. Blairman & Sons, 21 June – 14 July 2023, no. 13

  • Literature

    John Christian, ‘The Palace of History and Art: Stained Glass’ in M. H. Port, ed., The Houses of Parliament, New Haven and London, 1976

    Stanley A. Shepherd, The Stained Glass of A.W.N. Pugin, Reading, 2009 (for an account of Pugin’s glass)

    Clive and Jane Wainwright Collection, London: H. Blairman & Sons, 2023, no. 13

  • Collection

    Houses of Parliament

  • Note

    The composition of the panel suggests that it was reconstructed during the twentieth century, using quarries and other glass removed from the original glazing scheme.  The presence of so many ‘VR’ quarries gives credence to the reputed Palace of Westminster provenance.