War Memorial Window, featuring Truth, Love, Faith and Hope

Designer: Henry Holiday

1917

St John the Baptist, Yeovil, Somerset

"Studio-Talk," facing p. 130

In memory of Capt. Cecil Irby Prowse and Brig.-Gen. Charles Bertie Prowse, DSO [Commentary is given below; mouse over the text for links.]

Scanned image by George P. Landow; text by Jacqueline Banerjee

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The account in "Studio-Talk" is as follows:

On the opposite page we illustrate a stained-glass window designed by the veteran artist Mr. HenryHoliday to commemorate the noble sacrifice made by two brothers, Captain Cecil Irby Prowse of the Queen Mary, which went down with all hands in the Battle of Jutland, and Brigadier-General Charles Bertie Prowse, D.S.O., who fell in the Battle of the Somme shortly afterwards. The window was on view at the artist's studio a few weeks ago, and has no doubt now been erected in the church for which it was designed—an interesting fourteenth-century edifice. The design is of an allegorical character, representing the combat of the powers of light and the powers of darkness and the subjugation of the latter, and the colour-scheme is consonant with this representation-the lower part of the window assigned to the forces of evil being markedly subdued in tone, while the upper part is luminous by comparison.

Bibliography

"Studio-Talk." International Studio. Vol. 61 (Mar.-June 1917): 130-31. Hathi Trust. Contributed by Harvard University Library. Web. 22 August 20-18.

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