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Bath Abbey.
The Abbey Church of St Peter & St Paul, Bath.
Window by Bell of Bristol, 1869.
Detail.
This window represents the four builders, Moses, David, Solomon, and Zerubbabel. It was given by the contractors who carried out the restoration of the church in 1864.
Joseph Bell & Son.
The firm was initially established by Joseph Bell (1810-1895), and continued to be run by his son, Frederick Henry Bell (1847-1899) and grandson, Frederick George Bell (1878-1967), until 1923. Each generation was involved in the design and painting of the glass, with additional artists brought in to design and make commissions.
Joseph Bell & Son was sold to Arnold Robinson, who had already undertaken commissions for the firm. After his death in 1955, Basil Barber, who had previously worked for Ninian Comper and had joined the studio in 1953, ran the firm until Geoffrey Robinson, son of Arnold Robinson, took over in 1959. The studio closed after Geoffrey Robinson's retirement in 1996.