Bournemouth - St Peter's Church - Stained Glass
The window over the Visitors’ Centre (south side) is by Percy Bacon, which was dedicated in 1896, representing events from the earthly life of Our Lord.
SWTrS - 1896- 4 lights- By Percy Bacon.
Top:-
Baptism; JohnBaptist'testimony; Temptation; Marriage at Cana.
Lower:-
Nativity; Adoration of Magi; Flight into Egypt; Home at Nazareth.
Source: The Builder 1.2.1896
www.stainedglassrecords.org/Ch.asp?ChId=3123
P Bacon P Bacon Brothers
Percy Charles Haydon Bacon (1860-1935) was born in Ipswich the son of a boot closer, a shoemaker who specialised in the stitching of the upper parts of footwear. After his father died the family moved to London, where in 1881 despite his youth and modest origin he described himself as a stained glass artist and was living with most of his family at 65 Charlotte Street. Nothing is known about his training, though it must have been reasonably thorough to leave him in a position to start his own business. By 1892 he had a studio at 11 Newman Street, London, where it continued until 1931. In that year it moved to 4 Endsleigh Gardens, WC1, but disappears from KD/L after 1933. In later years it also operated out of Reading, where the firm lasted until after World War II. In 1901 Bacon called himself artist, painter and sculptor. Percy Bacon is known to have had three brothers in all, but it is unlikely that more than one of these was ever involved with the company, despite the title of Percy Bacon Brothers by which it became known. This was Archibald Arthur Bacon (1865-1943), who described himself in 1901 as an artist and sculptor and in 1911 as an ecclesiastical artist, The two other brothers are altogether less likely; Herbert Joseph (1858-1928) is described as a barman as late as 1911 and the eldest, Frederick Samuel (1849-1933) never left his native county where he was successively a farmer (1881) and an innkeeper (1901). The firm’s work was influenced by C15 glass and displays a liking for elaborate surface decoration and often subdued colouring. Outside artists were sometimes used, including G F Prynne (GFP) and his brother E A F Prynne, whilst Bacon himself worked for other makers, notably J Powell and Sons. There is also evidence of a link with another glassmaker A O Hemming, one of whose designers, R Corbould, collaborated with Percy Bacon’s on both glass and painted decoration at St George, Vancouver Road, Catford (South London) at an uncertain date.
Bournemouth - St Peter's Church - Stained Glass
The window over the Visitors’ Centre (south side) is by Percy Bacon, which was dedicated in 1896, representing events from the earthly life of Our Lord.
SWTrS - 1896- 4 lights- By Percy Bacon.
Top:-
Baptism; JohnBaptist'testimony; Temptation; Marriage at Cana.
Lower:-
Nativity; Adoration of Magi; Flight into Egypt; Home at Nazareth.
Source: The Builder 1.2.1896
www.stainedglassrecords.org/Ch.asp?ChId=3123
P Bacon P Bacon Brothers
Percy Charles Haydon Bacon (1860-1935) was born in Ipswich the son of a boot closer, a shoemaker who specialised in the stitching of the upper parts of footwear. After his father died the family moved to London, where in 1881 despite his youth and modest origin he described himself as a stained glass artist and was living with most of his family at 65 Charlotte Street. Nothing is known about his training, though it must have been reasonably thorough to leave him in a position to start his own business. By 1892 he had a studio at 11 Newman Street, London, where it continued until 1931. In that year it moved to 4 Endsleigh Gardens, WC1, but disappears from KD/L after 1933. In later years it also operated out of Reading, where the firm lasted until after World War II. In 1901 Bacon called himself artist, painter and sculptor. Percy Bacon is known to have had three brothers in all, but it is unlikely that more than one of these was ever involved with the company, despite the title of Percy Bacon Brothers by which it became known. This was Archibald Arthur Bacon (1865-1943), who described himself in 1901 as an artist and sculptor and in 1911 as an ecclesiastical artist, The two other brothers are altogether less likely; Herbert Joseph (1858-1928) is described as a barman as late as 1911 and the eldest, Frederick Samuel (1849-1933) never left his native county where he was successively a farmer (1881) and an innkeeper (1901). The firm’s work was influenced by C15 glass and displays a liking for elaborate surface decoration and often subdued colouring. Outside artists were sometimes used, including G F Prynne (GFP) and his brother E A F Prynne, whilst Bacon himself worked for other makers, notably J Powell and Sons. There is also evidence of a link with another glassmaker A O Hemming, one of whose designers, R Corbould, collaborated with Percy Bacon’s on both glass and painted decoration at St George, Vancouver Road, Catford (South London) at an uncertain date.