Stained glass
Charles Eamer Kempe (Sussex 1837 - London 1907)
Category
Stained glass
Date
1888
Materials
Stained glass
Measurements
675 mm (H); 410 mm (W)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288933
Summary
A set of 6 stained glass lights, each in 3 tiers. Upper tier with different female figures each representing one of the Virtues standing on a chequered floor between columns and beneath an arch entwined with vines and grapes. Bulls eye glazing and inscribed cartouche below.
Provenance
Designed for the house and installed in 1888.
Marks and inscriptions
'Floreat Domus;Imago Fortitudinis' (May this house flourish).
Makers and roles
Charles Eamer Kempe (Sussex 1837 - London 1907), artist