Jonah Window

[poliphilo]

Earnley is an incident in the largely characterless sprawl of seaside homes along the Sussex coast. Only it has an old church...

13th century....



And the old church contains a rather lovely modern window (dedicated 1987) which was given in memory of the artist Yvonne Hudson Rusbridge. It shows Jonah in the belly of the great fish accompanied by mer-people blowing horns, while above them the Spirit of God moves upon the face of the waters. .



Here's a close up of one of the mermen



And here's Jonah



The window was made by P Soderberg, using Hudson Rusbridge's own designs.

Comments

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I don't like Victorian glass but I think 20th century glass- at its best- is as good as anything produced in the Middle Ages. Have you seen any of Chagall's windows? They're tremendous.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

Yes, I have seen Chagall and love his use of blue glass. There is one at the Chicago Institute of Art that I am quite familiar with and it's glorious.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

There's a tiny little church just down the road from here- at a nowhere place called Tudeley- which has Chagall glass in every window. It was commissioned by a local plutocrat whose daughter died in a sailing accident. The predominant colour is a deep blue- for the sea she drowned in- and it's truly amazing.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

I would love to see that!