The Crucifixion

Designer: Ford Madox Brown

Manufacturer: Morris and Co.

1862

Stained glass

The central one of the five apse windows, All Saints, Selsley, Glos.

Here at Selsley is a strong rendering of this most famous of all New Testaments scenes, very bold, very simple, very human: the suffering figure, pale against the deep colours of the background and the clothes of two figures at the foot of the cross; Mary, the distressed mother with cloth in hand for wiping blood or tears; St John, holding her hand. [Commentary continues below.]

Photographer: Dr. Jim Cheshire, who retains the copyright.

Dr. Cheshire has most generously shared both image and caption material with us. Commentary and formatting by Jacqueline Banerjee. [Click on the image to enlarge it.]

Simon Jenkins describes the result of the Morris firm's first ecclesiastical commission here as "an exquisite early Pre-Raphaelite gallery, the windows following the medieval tradition, from the Crucifixion over the altar to Christ in Majesty over the west window" (263). [Mouse over the text for links.]

Related Material

• All Saints, Selsley, designed by G. F. Bodley (please click on this link, which provides a list of links to other beautiful Morris windows in All Saints)

Bibliography

"Church of All Saints." Historic England. Web. 24 June 2018.

Jenkins, Simon. England's Thousand Best Churches. Rev. ed. London: Allen Lane, 2004.

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Created 24 June 2018