Jane Gray (b.1931)
St Mary’s Church, Twickenham, Middlesex, Design for Stained Glass Memorial Windows (1988)
Watercolour
15.5 x 17 cm
Signed, dated and studio stamp verso.
St Mary’s Church stands on the site of an earlier church in Twickenham, a short distance from York House and the banks of the River Thames, and incorporates a 15th-century, medieval tower. St Mary’s has an impressive and illustrious history of notable parishioners including the painter Godfrey Kneller who, after the collapse of the ancient church’s 14th-century nave in 1714, took active involvement in redesigning the church in the Neo-classical style alongside local architect John James, as well as Henry Fielding and Alfred Lord Tennyson whose sons were both baptised here. Gray had a personal connection to St Mary’s, her great grandfather having been the vicar some years before. These windows held especial personal meaning for Gray as they commemorated the death of her parents in 1982 and 1985 respectively. The windows were installed in 1989.
Provenance: the artist’s studio sale.
Literature: Jane Gray, Playing with Rainbows. (Shropshire: Ellingham Press, 2011), pp.42-3, 80.
Condition: very good.
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