Jane Gray (b.1931)
St Peter’s Church, Martindale Design for Stained Glass Windows (1976)
Watercolour
17.5 x 6 cm
Studio label verso.
St Peter’s Church was built in Martindale, Cumbria in 1880 by a local craftsman using stone from the surrounding area. The church is situated in an enchanting rural oasis and has connections to the acclaimed modern poet, Kathleen Raine, who lived in the Old Vicarage, as well as William and Dorothy Wordsworth who visited the area on one of their Cumbrian excursions. Gray’s ‘Martindale Era’ lasted from 1974-1981, in which time, she designed and installed fifteen stained glass windows in St Peter’s Church. These window designs are for Resurrection and Passion windows on the north-side of the church.
Provenance: the artist’s studio sale.
Literature: Jane Gray, Playing with Rainbows. (Shropshire: Ellingham Press, 2011), pp.17, 74.
Condition: very good.
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