Christopher Webb

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The East Window of St. Alban's Church, Southampton.

Christopher Rahere Webb (1886-1966) was an English stained glass designer. His unusual second name was derived from that of the founder of St Bartholomew’s Priory in London where his father, Sir Aston Webb carried out some important restoration work. Webb was educated at Rugby School and at the Slade School of Art and then articled to Sir Ninian Comper. His glass work is among the finest of the first half of the 20th century and Sheffield is fortunate to have no less than sixteen examples of his mature work dating from 1935 to 1948 at Sheffield Cathedral. Among these are the unique series on the history of Sheffield in the Chapter House. Webb’s signature is a Saint Christopher with his initials, usually placed in the bottom right hand corner of the window. Characteristics of his style are accuracy of historical detail, his ability to convey basic theological ideas with clarity, the prominence of clear glass and his use of scrolls and foliage.

Sources

Cottam, Alan (2004) The Stained Glass of Sheffield Cathedral
Cottam, Alan (1993) Sheffield Cathedral Stained Glass
Jarvis, Alfred Charles Eustace (1939) A Guide to the Additions to the Fabric of the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Paul, Sheffield, consecrated and dedicated on Tuesday 14 February 1939; compiled by Provost Jarvis. Sheffield: Northend [printer]
Lunn, David, David Lunn, Bishop of Sheffield (1987) Chapters Towards a History of the Cathedral and Parish Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Sheffield

British and Irish stained glass

British and Irish stained glass (1811–1918)

History

Architecture of cathedrals and great churches
History of stained glass
Medieval stained glass
Poor Man's Bible
Regional characteristics of European cathedral architecture

Influences

Artistic movements	Aesthetic Movement Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts Movement Biblia pauperum Cambridge Camden Society Classicism Early Renaissance Exoticism Gothic Revival Oxford Movement Romanticism

Organizations	The Glass House Hogarth Club Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

People

Architectural	John Loughborough Pearson Augustus Pugin George Gilbert Scott Alexander Thomson

Artists	Edward Liddall Armitage Hugh Arnold Margaret Chilton Charles Edmund Clutterbuck Trena Cox Louis Davis works Rachel de Montmorency Alfred Drury Mabel Esplin Moira Forsyth Jane Gray Reginald Hallward works Herbert Hendrie James Humphries Hogan Joan Howson works Marjorie Kemp Charles Eamer Kempe Mary Lowndes William Morris Karl Parsons works Henry Payne works Lilian Josephine Pocock Arnold Wathen Robinson works Arild Rosenkrantz Francis Skeat works Caroline Townshend works Christopher Webb Christopher Whall works Veronica Whall works Thomas Willement William Wilson Paul Woodroffe works Edward Woore works British stained-glass artists Irish stained-glass artists

Critics	John Ruskin

Manufacturers	An Túr Gloine Burlison and Grylls Harry Clarke Clayton and Bell Daniel Cottier John Hardman & Co. Heaton, Butler and Bayne Lavers, Barraud and Westlake Morris & Co. James Powell and Sons Shrigley and Hunt William Wailes William Warrington

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Terminology

Persondata
Name	Webb, Christopher
Alternative names
Short description	Stained glass designer
Date of birth	1886
Place of birth
Date of death	1966
Place of death

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