Brief description: Design for a single light stained glass window depicting William Grocyn
Proposed revised stained glass design for the Grocyn window depicting William Grocyn stood on a plinth. Grocyn (c. 1446-1519) was a respected scholar at the University of Oxford and peer of the renowned scholar Erasmus. He is surrounded by scrolls, floral motifs and a heraldic shields for New College Oxford and Magdalene, Divinity Reader crests, against a quarry background. This design was created by Christopher Webb (1886–1966), an English stained glass designer based in St Albans, Hertfordshire. He studied at the Slade School of Art and was then articled to Sir Ninian Comper. During his active career from 1920 to 1964 he produced over 400 windows with a distinctive character and style.
Object type: preparatory artwork design
Number of objects: 1
Production date: 1
Production period: 20th century
Designer: Christopher Webb (1886 - 1966)
Dimensions: Height: 204 mm, Width: 344 mm
Original location: St Lawrence Jewry, City of London, London
Acquisition: gift 13.3.2024
Acquisition source: Edwards, J
This item is not currently on display and can only be viewed by prior arrangement
Accession number: ELYGM:2024.14.29
