Blake through the window (In Explore! 20th January 2024)
Following on from yesterday's photo of St Mary's Church Battersea.
This is a view from outside the east side of the Church, looking past the leaded glass, to memorial stained glass dedicated to poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827). There are four stained glass memorials on the ground floor.
Some of the other memorials are of J M W Turner 'RA' (1775-1851)
Turner lived in Cheyne walk in Chelsea, directly opposite St Mary's Church, across the river Thames.
Turner had his servant row him across the river, so that he could paint the Thames from the vestry window.
Another stained glass memorial is of the controversial American revolutionary General Benedict Arnold.
He and his family were buried in the crypt.
All brilliantly done by John Hayward of Edenbridge Kent.
The orange figure below Blake, is some of Blakes art.
A hymn often sung in the church is Jerusalem. The words of course written by Blake.
I was struck by the fact that despite all the reflections on the outside glass, William Blakes face is eerily clear.
The image of Blake is taken from an 1807 portrait by Thomas Phillips.
William Blake married Catherine Boucher, at St Mary's Church Battersea in 1782.
Blake through the window (In Explore! 20th January 2024)
Following on from yesterday's photo of St Mary's Church Battersea.
This is a view from outside the east side of the Church, looking past the leaded glass, to memorial stained glass dedicated to poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827). There are four stained glass memorials on the ground floor.
Some of the other memorials are of J M W Turner 'RA' (1775-1851)
Turner lived in Cheyne walk in Chelsea, directly opposite St Mary's Church, across the river Thames.
Turner had his servant row him across the river, so that he could paint the Thames from the vestry window.
Another stained glass memorial is of the controversial American revolutionary General Benedict Arnold.
He and his family were buried in the crypt.
All brilliantly done by John Hayward of Edenbridge Kent.
The orange figure below Blake, is some of Blakes art.
A hymn often sung in the church is Jerusalem. The words of course written by Blake.
I was struck by the fact that despite all the reflections on the outside glass, William Blakes face is eerily clear.
The image of Blake is taken from an 1807 portrait by Thomas Phillips.
William Blake married Catherine Boucher, at St Mary's Church Battersea in 1782.