Designed by Hugh Arnold (1872-1915).
From St Mary Magdalene, Barnstaple, Devon.
Hugh Arnold was a student at the Slade school of Art in the 1890s studying painting and illustration. Keen to learn the techniques of stained glass he subsequently attended the Central school of Art where he studied for three or four years under Christopher Whall being influenced by the Arts & Crafts Movement. He set up his own studio, although he had strong connections with Lowndes & Drury of Fulham and all his windows were made in collaboration with them.
Arnold's work tends to be restrained in style although in common with the Arts & Crafts style he enjoyed using thick, slab glass. He was also an enthusiastic designer of plain decorative glazing and wrote an informative book 'Medieval Glass in England and France' published in 1912. Arnold was killed in Gallipoli in 1915 having volunteered for active service. He was 43.
Inv. No. 1989/5/1 Lent by The London Stained Glass Repository.
Other glass by Hugh Arnold can be seen at: Longstanton nr. Cambridge, Hatton Chapel 1907; Kings Langley Parish Church, two windows in tower 1911; Stamford, St. George's; Oxford, Balliol College Chapel 1911; Saxlingham Nethergate, c.1910.