First designed in 1862 for the west window of St Michael and All Angels, Brighton, Sussex. The window consits of 2 windows, each of 2 lancets, each with 6-foil above: at the left, Michael and Raphael with scene of St Michael and the Dragon, and at the right Uriel and Gabriel with scene of Annunciation above (for which see WMG A4); high in the gable above this is a rose window consisting of a central 7-foil scene of the Virgin and Child surrounded by 7 circles of music-making angels. The window was a memorial to Jane Barber (d. 15 Jan. 1860) and Thomas Barber (d. 1 Jan. 1863).
The cartoon was afterwards used for windows at Broughty Ferry, Angus, Scotland, 1914, (window in east wall of south transept of St Stephen’s) at Darwen, Lancashire, 1922 (window in south of south transept of St Cuthbert’s) note: design adapted) at Eaton Hastings, Berkshire (west window of St. Michael’s) 1935 and at Nelson, lancashire, 1919 (tracery above main chancel east window) (note: design adapted).
All four Archangels are depicted in the window at Brighton: St Gabriel (very similar inconception to St Raphael) is also by Morris, whilst SS. Michael and Uriel are the work of Ford Madox Brown.
