Archibald Keightley Nicholson
Archibald Keightley Nicholson | |
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 East Window, St Peter and St Paul, Ewhurst, Surrey | |
| Born | 1871 Marylebone, London, England |
| Died | 25 February 1937 aged 65 London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | stained glass artist |
| Known for | ecclesiastical stained-glass |
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Archibald Keightley Nicholson (1871–1937) was an English 20th century ecclesiastical
During his lifetime Nicholson designed and executed over 700 window designs, including work in the cathedrals of Newcastle, Chester, Lincoln, Norwich, Southwell, Bradford, Worcester (the Edward Elgar memorial window) and Wells.[1]
Nicholson designed the rose window of the south transept at the Church of Christ the King, Bloomsbury, along with a 1932 window dedicated to St Stephen Harding in the Musicians' Chapel at St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, both in London. The latter church also contains a memorial window to him, by Gerald E. R. Smith, with the following inscription:
- "To the glory of God. In memory of Archibald Keightley Nicholson, Master Glass Painter, who worshipped at this church. This window is designed and carried out by the craftsmen of his studios as a thank offering for his life and friendship. 1871 - 1937."
The east window of 1902 at St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey, is Nicholson's earliest commissioned work.[2][3] It was installed in memory of two soldiers, and depicts Christ with St George and St Alban, both military saints. Nicholson also produced two smaller windows in the north wall depicting the Madonna & Child and the Annunciation.
In St Wilfrid's Church, Mobberley is Nicholson's window to the memory of George Mallory the mountaineer, who died on Mount Everest in 1924.[4][5]
The Lady Chapel of Waltham Abbey Church contains three windows by Nicholson. They depict the Annunciation, the Nativity and the Presentation of Christ in the Temple. Work on a fourth window depicting the Epiphany was interrupted by the Second World War and never resumed.
The East window behind the altar in the church of St Peter and St Paul's in Ewhurst, Surrey was commissioned as a memorial window for the 24-year-old Captain William Ralph Frecheville, executed after his capture on 9 January 1920 in Rostov-on-Don, Russia, whilst serving as part of the Allied intervention in the Russian Civil War.[6]
Several windows by Nicholson may also be seen in St Gabriel's church,
One of Nicholson's later commissions is the Nutman Window at the
List of works
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England
- Chester Cathedral, Chester, Cheshire
- St Wilfrid's Church, Mobberley, Cheshire (Memorial window to George Mallory)
- Church of St Sabinus, Woolacombe, Devon(Memorial to William J. Nutman)
- Church of St Lawrence and the Holy Cross, Waltham Abbey, Essex
- Church of Christ the King, Bloomsbury, Greater London
- St Sepulchre-without-Newgate, City of London, Greater London (Saint Stephen Harding)
- Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
- St Andrew's Church, Framingham Pigot, Norfolk
- Norwich Cathedral, Norwich, Norfolk
- Southwell Minster, Southwell, Nottinghamshire
- Wells Cathedral, Wells, Somerset
- Church of St Peter and St Paul, Ewhurst, Surrey (Memorial window to Cpt. Ralph Frecheville)
- Church of St John the Baptist, Wonersh, Surrey (Saint George and Saint Alban)
- Newcastle Cathedral, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
- Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire (Memorial window to Edward Elgar)
- Bradford Cathedral, Bradford, West Yorkshire
- St Michaels and all Angels Church, Chalton, Hampshire
Wales
- St Gabriel's Church, Brynmill, West Glamorgan (Gabriel and Michael)
References
- ^ The Times, 7 February 1937, p.14 col. b
- ^ "Stained Glass Windows, Brasses and Paintings". Parish of Wonersh with Blackheath. Archived from the original on 6 October 2007. Retrieved 9 January 2008.
- ^ "Windows and Brasses". Wonersh Church. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Richards, Raymond (1947). Old Cheshire Churches. London: Batsford. p. 241.
- ISBN 0-300-09588-0.
- ^ "Frecheville William Ralph". www.ewhurstfallen.co.uk.
- ^ "Main window". St Gabriel's church, Swansea. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2009.
- ^ Jean Dodds and Giles King-Smith, St Sabinus' Church, Woolacombe (Privately printed) (2013), pg 22
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