Sujet

The International Exhibition: stained-glass window by Messrs. J. Ballantine and Son..., 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

The International Exhibition: stained-glass window by Messrs. J. Ballantine and Son, Edinburgh, 1862. 'This window...has for its subject the Crucifixion, and is to be erected in Prestolee Church, Lancashire, as a memorial to the late Mr. Thomas B. Crompton, of Farnworth...In the centre compartment is seen the body of Christ nailed to the cross, round the foot of which has gathered a sorrowing group, among whom the Virgin Mary and the disciple John are conspicuous...[On] the right of this hangs the repentant thief, his face wearing in death an expression of resigned and hopeful calmness; and in the left one is the impenitent sinner, whose fearfully distorted lineaments, iron-pierced and rope-bound hands, and muscles distended almost to bursting, show the intense agony with which he met his end; while in the two outer sections are the Roman sentinels, two of them busy in the foreground on the left casting dice for the garments of the Saviour...in the mullion tracery are introduced angels bearing scrolls...In colour the window has all the power and harmony of a high-class, deep-toned picture, preserving at the same time in great perfection the brilliancy and transparency indispensable in all mediums for the transmission of light'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Date

1862

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A09_474

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

63,7Mo (6,9Mo) / 33,1cm x 48,2cm / 3907 x 5697 (300dpi)

Mots clés

glass event religious architecture stone arts religion virgin window art British color death Christianity Christ Jesus Jesus Christ Gothic century Virgin Mary Britain newspapers press Bible print Biblical concept exhibition crucifixion B&W architectural style crucified engraved engraving stained glass window exposition MULLION mullions mullioned Window Architectural Feature Colour life of Christ 19th century black & white black and white B W Neo-Gothic white and black Madonna Gothic Revival nineteenth century Victorian Gothic World Fair The Print Collector cultural event Illustrated London News World's Fair ILN Robert Dudley newspaper trade fair Unknown Great London Exposition International Exhibition of 1862 19th-century 1862 International Exhibition Dudley Robert