Arts & Crafts, including the Aesthetic Movement - 22nd June 2011

Lot 56

'St Mary Magdalene' a stained glass window by Charles Eamer Kempe

Estimate £2,000 - £3,000

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Description

'St Mary Magdalene' a stained glass window by Charles Eamer Kempe, the rectangular panel depicting St Mary Magdalene standing, her hands clasped in prayer with slightly raised head, above a rectangular panel of an angel holding up a banner 'We Praise thee our God', all below an arched panel of an angel holding the curtain back drop, below Gothic tracery and blue scrolling foliage unsigned overall height 267cm. high Provenance Elstree School Chapel J Longman & Son, Funeral Directors, Mortuary Chapel, 11 King Street, Watford This panel was made in 1877 for the chapel.