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Location in Church: | East |
Type: | 3 lights |
Size (width x height): | 6' 5" x 9' 8" or 1.95m x 2.95m |
Subject(s): | St Michael,
Christ in Majesty,
Gabriel
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Date Faculty Granted: | 2 March 1931 |
Date Made: | 1931 |
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Craftsman - Notes: | The window was drawn by Hugh Lewis Pawle, and his wife Margaret Florence Pawle, who both worked for the AK Nicholson studio for 30 years. Hugh Lewis Pawle was the younger son of Lewis Shepheard Pawle and Angelina Burgess Pawle of Hutchins Barn, Knotty Green, Penn, Bucks. As shown below, the window is also dedicated to members of the Pawle family, and donated by them. |
Sources for Dates & Craftsmen: | Makers Mark |
Dedicated to: | In memory of Angelina Burgess Pawle (died 4th Feb 1930, Mentone, France) and her daughter Ina Margaret Pawle (died 1916, aged 21). They were Hugh Lewis Pawle's Mother and Sister.
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Donated by: | This window was given by Lewis Shepheard Pawle and Hugh Lewis Pawle. They were husband and son of Angelina Burgess Pawle, father and brother of Ina Margaret Pawle. |
Makers Mark on Window: | |
Makers Mark - Notes: | Makers Mark says: "This window was drawn by Margaret and Hugh Pawle at A.K.Nicholson's Studio's 105 Gower Street WC1. In the event of the dorsal ever being removed please apply to the above for the complete design". |
Notes on Window: | There are images of three previous windows in the last thumbnails. |
Previous Windows | |
Previous Window Information: | Date Installed: 1865 - Date Removed: 1931 In 1931 the glass was moved from Penn to the North Transept at Penn Street (window 18). |
Previous Window Craftsman: | Ward & Hughes, Maker |
Previous Window Information: | Date Installed: 1737 - Date Removed: 1865 The window's subject was: 'Christ Making Himself Known to his Disciples at Emmaus' (Luke 24:30). The window was replaced in 1865 when a new East wall of flint was built by the first Earl Howe. This information is from a 1965 book by Sidney M Gold, called "A short account of the life and work of John Rowell". |
Previous Window Craftsman: | John Rowell, Maker |
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Window in situ
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Overall View of Glass
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Three main lights
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Centre Light: Portraying Christ in Majesty
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Centre Light: Figure of Christ in Majesty
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Centre Light: Angels
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Left Hand Light: portraying St Michael
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Left Hand Light:
Detail of St Michael weighing the souls during The Last Judgement
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Right Hand Light: Portraying Gabriel
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Right Hand Light: Detail of Gabriel
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Tracery at top of window
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Tracery - Pelican in top light
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Tracery - Angels in lower lights
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Inscription and Base of Window (previously hidden behind a dorsal cloth)
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Makers Mark with inscription giving instructions for having the window completed if the dorsal cloth was removed
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Memorial Tablet which is fitted beneath window 03 in the South Aisle. It states the new East window (01) was fitted in memory of Angelina Pawle and her daughter Ina.
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PREVIOUS WINDOW 1865 to 1931
This is a postcard image of the 1920s. The glass was replaced by the 1931 glass which was more in keeping with new altar arrangements, introduced by a new Vicar. | ||||||
PREVIOUS WINDOW 1865 to 1931
This is our reconstruction of how it would have looked. | ||||||
PREVIOUS WINDOW 1865 to 1931
This photo shows the glass from Penn, which is now in Penn Street church. In 1931 the glass was moved from the E window at Penn to the North Transept at Penn Street (window 18). | ||||||
PREVIOUS WINDOW 1737 to 1865
This shows the window in interior and exterior paintings of c1850 by H.B.Ziegler. The window was replaced in 1865 when a new East wall of flint was built by the first Earl Howe. | ||||||
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PREVIOUS WINDOW 1737 to 1865
The subject was 'Christ Making Himself Known to his Disciples at Emmaus (Luke 24:30). We now know that it was made by John Rowell, and was probably his last piece of work before moving from Wycombe to Reading. | ||||||
PREVIOUS WINDOW - POST REFORMATION to 1737
This shows the window in a 17th century drawing of the exterior. This window was replaced in 1737 when a new brick Chancel was built by Sir Nathaniel Curzon. |
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