Jane Gray (b.1931)

Christ Church, Oxon, Shrewsbury, Design for Millennium Stained Glass Window (1999)

Watercolour

12.5 x 3.5 cm

Signed, dated and studio stamp verso.

Christ Church in Oxon, Shrewsbury is a fine example of an early Victorian church, built in 1854 by Edward Haycock Snr in the Early English style with many lancet features. This stained glass window above the chancel arch was commissioned to celebrate the new millennium, and centres on the star of Bethlehem against a coastal backdrop. This window was installed in 2001.

Provenance: the artist’s studio sale.

Literature: Jane Gray, Playing with Rainbows. (Shropshire: Ellingham Press, 2011), p.86.

Condition: very good.

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