Archangel Gabriel holds white Madonna lilies, symbol of chastity. Square detail of 1920s Annunciation stained glass window, Parish Church of Saint Mary the Virgin at Shipley, West Sussex, England. Designed by Florence Camm (1874 - 1960) in late Arts and Crafts or Gothic Revival style. Memorial to Etheldreda, Lady Burrell (1853-1922), who was responsible for restoring the medieval church in 1893.
Shipley, West Sussex, England, UK: The Archangel Gabriel, his garments decorated with symbols of the heavens, sun, moon and stars, holds a symbol of chastity, a bunch of white Madonna lilies (Lilium candidum) as he appears to the Virgin Mary in a garden, in this square detail of a 1920s stained glass depiction of the Annunciation of St Mary in a two-light south aisle window in the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin. The window is a memorial to Etheldreda, Lady Burrell (1853-1922) who was responsible for restoring the medieval church in 1893. The glass, in late Arts and Crafts or Gothic Revival style, was designed by Florence Camm, co-director of a respected family firm of West Midlands glassmakers founded by her father. Apart from the Annunciation, it also features the Shipley Windmill and a scene of the Anglo-Saxon saint, Cuthman or Cuthmann, embracing his ageing mother. Florence Camm (1874-1960) was the daughter of Thomas William Camm (1839-1912), who established himself as a glassmaker at Smethwick around 1865. By the 1920s, she was running the business with her brother, Walter Herbert Camm (1881-1967). They both trained at the Birmingham Municipal School of Art and Florence became the dominant artist in the business, designing glass on her own account and often painting it herself.
Size: 2629px × 2630px
Location: Shipley, West Sussex, England, UK.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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