Nativity

The nativity seen above can be found in the church of St Wulfram, Grantham, Lincolnshire. It is by the stained glass artist, Leonard Evetts (1909-1997). He was a prolific designer and his very attractive style - a mixture of tradition and modernity - is relatively easy to pick out among C20 artists. This is a detail of a larger work of 1969 called the Porter Window that commemorates a member of a shoe-making family.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Olympus OMD E-M10

Nativity

In the period of Christmas a nativity scene seems more than appropriate. I came across this one by accident as I scanned the five lancets that make the east window of the Lady Chapel at Hereford Cathedral. The stained glass dates from 1851-2 and was installed by the firm of C. A. Gibbs to the designs of Nockalls Johnson Cottingham (1823-1854). It is a very mosaic-like approach to stained glass that draws heavily on medieval precedents in terms of figures, overall composition and colours. The glass works very well in its location and is an example that was, regrettably, ignored by some of the glass designers in recent years at the cathedral.

photo © T. Boughen     Camera: Lumix FZ1000 2