Brief description: Design for a stained glass window made up of one light depicting St George slaying the dragon. Designed at the Goddard and Gibbs studio, London
This narrow lancet (pointed) light has two scenes against a background of plain rectangular and diamond-shaped quarries. A shield with a St. George cross sits at the top. Below, in a vesica (pointed oval), St. George himself, patron saint of England, slays the dragon. He is dressed in mail and armour, with a sword at his belt, and his tunic is decorated with a St. George cross. He pins the dragon down with both feet as he drives a spear into its head. Below, Jesus Christ, dressed in pink and red, places his hands on a beggar's head, another figure sitting beside him. This is one of Jesus' healing miracles, probably of the blind man, and contrasts nicely with the violence of the main scene. Goddard & Gibbs, founded from a merger of Walter Gibbs & Sons and Goddard's Glass Works in 1938, were prominent makers of stained glass for the international market and also conserved and restored glass.
Object type: preparatory artworks design
Number of objects: 1
Production date: 1
Production period: 20th century
Manufacturer: Goddard and Gibbs
Dimensions: Height: 355 mm, Width: 60 mm
Acquisition: gift 18.3.2025
Acquisition source: Ratcliffe, S
This item is not currently on display and can only be viewed by prior arrangement
Accession number: ELYGM:2025.4.8
