[51991] Holy Trinity, Skipton : King Window

Holy Trinity, Skipton, North Yorkshire.

King Memorial Window, 1873 - detail.

By Jean-Baptiste Capronnier (1814-1891) of Brussels.

 

To the Glory of God and in affectionate remembrance of Thomas King of this town who died June 10th 1867 aged 83 years and of Ann, his wife, who died December 3rd 1858 aged 74 years. Also to five of their sons John William, Sherwood, Thomas, Joseph and Joseph Sherwood. This window is erected by Sarah King to the beloved memory of her father, mother and brothers.

 

Jean-Baptiste Capronnier was born in Brussels in 1814. He took over his father's glass design and manufacturing business around 1840 and acquired an international reputation. He used intense acid colours and a highly pictorial style, using large pieces of glass with most detail added in enamel. He carried out windows for various churches in Brussels, Bruges, Amsterdam and elsewhere, and his work was commissioned also for France and Italy. His reputation in England was highest in the 1860s and 1870s. At the Paris Exhibition of 1855 he won the only medal given for glass painting. He died in Brussels in 1891.

 

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