This design depicts Sir Galahad, one of the main protagonists in the Legend of King Arthur stories. Veronica Whall designed 72 windows depicting the tales of King Arthur for King Arthur’s Hall, Tintagel, Cornwall. The building was designed in the 1930s by Frederick Thomas Glasscock as a meeting place for Arthurian devotees to exchange interpretations of medieval literature. This design depicts Sir Galahad, one of the main protagonists in the Legend of King Arthur stories.
Veronica Whall was the daughter of Christopher Whall, she began assisting her father in her early teens. In the 1900’s she attended classes, including Edward Johnston’s in lettering and calligraphy, at the Central School of Arts & Crafts. With her brother, Hew Bernard Whall, she set up ‘The Stonebridge Press’ and illustrated a number of its hand printed publications. By the time of the First World War, Whall was one of her father’s principal assistants, becoming a partner in the firm Whall & Whall Ltd in 1922. After her father’s death in 1924, she carried on the work of the Whall studio, helped by her brother until her retirement in 1953. Among her most important commissions were windows for Carlisle and Leicester Cathedrals and the complete glazing scheme for King Arthur’s Hall.
