Saint Felix, detail of Chancel window by Edward Woore. Church of Saint Peter, Westleton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom.


The window in the chancel depicts in the left-hand pane, Saint Felix, with below, a panel showing a plough, a shotgun, fishing rod, sickle, sheaf of corn and a wicker creel. In the right-hand pane is depicted Saint George, with a lower panel with the roundel with the motto 'PER ARDUA AD ASTRA'. The window dates from the 1940's and commemorates Frederick James Deck of Westleton Grange and his three sons who were personnel who were killed in the Second World War. The artist Edward Woore or Davie Woore (1880–1960) was a British stained glass artist and member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters. He was a student, apprentice and collaborator with Christopher Whall a stained glass artist and leader in the Arts and Crafts Movement.


Size: 3226px × 5450px
Location: Church of Saint Peter, Westleton, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom, Europe.
Photo credit: © Stan Pritchard / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: detail, edward, felix, glass, peter, saint, stained, westleton, woore