Women with Children, cartoon for stained glass, St John's church, Keswick, Cumbria

Details

Date: c.1923-30
Object Type: design
Material: charcoal and grey wash on paper
Catalogue number: A847
Artist: Whall, Veronica (1887 - 1967)
Credit notes: Gift of Christopher J. Whall, 1973

Stained‑glass cartoon by Veronica Whall, depicting women and children, created for a three light window in St John’s Church, Keswick, Cumbria. The overall design shows Jesus surrounded by families. The design was commissioned as a memorial window dedicated to John Marshall (d. 1923), a grandson of Henry Cowper Marshall. John Marshall, of Derwent Island, and his younger brothers were instrumental in the early establishment of the National Trust.