Bradford Cathedral - North Aisle - Stained Glass
Bradford Cathedral.
Cathedral Church of St Peter.
Nave - North Aisle.
Memorial Window to Hannah Lambert (1830-1911).
This is on the theme of teaching, in memory of Hannah Lambert, teacher.
Detail: Left panel: Phebe (deaconess) and child (Romans 16:1).
By James Powell & Sons, Whitefriars, c1912.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Hannah Lambert. Born 23 Nov 1830. Died 19 Apr 1911. This window is placed by her sisters
James Powell & Sons, situated on the site of the former Whitefriars monastery, between the Thames and Fleet Street, was producing mainly flint glass when it was bought in 1834 by James Powell, a London wine merchant. On his death the firm passed to his three sons Arthur, Nathaniel and James Cotton Powell, who in 1844 established a stained glass department. The latter benefitted from the scientific researches of Charles Winston, a lawyer by profession, who had dedicated himself to the study of medieval stained glass. It had made him aware of the shortcomings of the glass available to contemporary artists, this being often thin and garish in colour. In 1847 he encouraged experiments aimed at rediscovering the chemical components of medieval glass and persuaded the firm of James Powell & Sons to produce 'antique' glass to his recipes. It was mainly due to this collaboration that the firm was to become one of the most important studios and glass manufacturers of the Victorian period.
Bradford Cathedral - North Aisle - Stained Glass
Bradford Cathedral.
Cathedral Church of St Peter.
Nave - North Aisle.
Memorial Window to Hannah Lambert (1830-1911).
This is on the theme of teaching, in memory of Hannah Lambert, teacher.
Detail: Left panel: Phebe (deaconess) and child (Romans 16:1).
By James Powell & Sons, Whitefriars, c1912.
To the Glory of God and in loving memory of Hannah Lambert. Born 23 Nov 1830. Died 19 Apr 1911. This window is placed by her sisters
James Powell & Sons, situated on the site of the former Whitefriars monastery, between the Thames and Fleet Street, was producing mainly flint glass when it was bought in 1834 by James Powell, a London wine merchant. On his death the firm passed to his three sons Arthur, Nathaniel and James Cotton Powell, who in 1844 established a stained glass department. The latter benefitted from the scientific researches of Charles Winston, a lawyer by profession, who had dedicated himself to the study of medieval stained glass. It had made him aware of the shortcomings of the glass available to contemporary artists, this being often thin and garish in colour. In 1847 he encouraged experiments aimed at rediscovering the chemical components of medieval glass and persuaded the firm of James Powell & Sons to produce 'antique' glass to his recipes. It was mainly due to this collaboration that the firm was to become one of the most important studios and glass manufacturers of the Victorian period.