Antique 1910 Heaton Butler Bayne English watercolor Jesus stained glass windows

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ESTATE, FROM PRIVATE COLLECTION.This is rare antique 1910 original watercolor for stained glass window. Heaton, Butler and Bayne English firm who produced stained glass windows from 1862 to 1953. Please read label on verso.Clement Heaton (1824-82) originally founded his own stained glass firm in 1852, joined by James Butler in 1855. Between 1859 and 1861 they worked alongside Clayton and Bell and were joined by Robert Turnill Bayne, who became their sole designer and a full partner in the firm in 1862. The firm was known as Heaton, Butler and Bayne from 1862.His windows show strong design and colour, and are often recognisable by the inclusion of at least one figure with Bayne's features and long beard. They established their studio in Covent Garden , London , and went on to become one of the leading firms of Gothic Revival stained glass manufacturers, whose work was commissioned by the principal Victorian architects. A change in direction came with their production of windows to the designs of Henry Holiday in 1868, which show a more classical influence at work. During a long career, the firm produced stained glass for numerous churches throughout the Britain and the Empire , as well as the United States .Westminster Abbey includes a Heaton, Butler and Bayne window, installed in 1868, an early example of the work of Henry Holiday read more