'ADAM' AND 'EVE'

Brief description: Stained glass panels of Adam and Eve, copies, made by the artist for possible sale, of his figures from his west window in Glasgow Cathedral

Portrait (head and shoulders) panels of Adam (2012.3.1) and Eve (2012.3.2), replicas of the west window of Glasgow Cathedral. The Corporation of Glasgow, who had agreed to fund the new window in 1951, invited Spear and a handful of other artists to submit designs for the window in 1953. Spear was formally selected as the artist in 1954 but the committee did not agree his designs until April 1956, and a number of changes were made before the final window was dedicated in 1958.

Object type: stained glass panel

Number of objects: 2

Production date: 1957-1958

Production period: 20th century

Designer: Francis Spear (1902 - 1979)

Manufacturer: Spear, Francis

Dimensions: Height: 760 mm, Width: 720 mm

Original location: Glasgow Cathedral Glasgow Scotland

Acquisition: gift 24.7.2012

Acquisition source: Spear, Simon

Accession number: ELYGM:2012.3

Related objects

ELYGM:2012.3.1

ELYGM:2012.3.2