Nathaniel Westlake
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Nathaniel Hubert John Westlake (N H J Westlake) (1833-1921) was a 19th-century British artist specializing in stained glass.
, of which he became sole proprietor in 1880.
The firm was then known as Lavers & Westlake.
A leading designer of the Gothic Revival movement, his works include The Vision of Beatrice (1864), commissioned for an exhibition of stained glass held at the South Kensington Museum (renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum
in 1899).
In 1896, Lavers & Westlake were commissioned to reglaze two central lights in the great hall windows at Mary Datchelor Girl's School, Camberwell. The subjects were 'Lady Jane Grey
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' and 'By Industry and Perseverance', symbolising the importance of female endeavour in higher education. Other windows included 'On the way to Chapel', 'Physical Exercise', 'The Kindergarten' and 'The Classroom'. The windows were removed from the school in 2010 after it was converted into a series of apartments.
Career
Westlake began to design for the firm of Lavers & Barraud, Ecclesiastical Designers, in 1858, and became a partner ten years later, making the firm Lavers, Barraud and WestlakeLavers, Barraud and Westlake
Lavers, Barraud and Westlake were an English firm that produced stained glass windows from 1855 until 1921. They were part of the Gothic Revival movement that affected English church architecture in the 19th century.-History:...
, of which he became sole proprietor in 1880.
The firm was then known as Lavers & Westlake.
A leading designer of the Gothic Revival movement, his works include The Vision of Beatrice (1864), commissioned for an exhibition of stained glass held at the South Kensington Museum (renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum , set in the Brompton district of The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, London, England, is the world's largest museum of decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 4.5 million objects...
in 1899).
In 1896, Lavers & Westlake were commissioned to reglaze two central lights in the great hall windows at Mary Datchelor Girl's School, Camberwell. The subjects were 'Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey
Lady Jane Grey , also known as The Nine Days' Queen, was an English noblewoman who was de facto monarch of England from 10 July until 19 July 1553 and was subsequently executed...
discourses with Roger Ascham
Roger Ascham
Roger Ascham was an English scholar and didactic writer, famous for his prose style, his promotion of the vernacular, and his theories of education...
' and 'By Industry and Perseverance', symbolising the importance of female endeavour in higher education. Other windows included 'On the way to Chapel', 'Physical Exercise', 'The Kindergarten' and 'The Classroom'. The windows were removed from the school in 2010 after it was converted into a series of apartments.
Stained Glass
- Windows, Lady Chapel, and Stations of the Cross, St. Mary's Church, RydeSt. Mary's Church, RydeSt. Mary's Church, Ryde is a Catholic Church in the parish of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. The parish was created in the 19th century when the Countess of Clare built St. Mary's Church.-History:...
. - Windows at Arundel CathedralArundel CathedralThe Cathedral Church of Our Lady and St Philip Howard is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Arundel, West Sussex, England. Dedicated in 1873 as the Catholic parish church of Arundel, it was not designated a cathedral until the foundation of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton in 1965...
. - Windows at All Saints, Higher Walton, LancashireHigher Walton, LancashireHigher Walton is a village in South Ribble, Lancashire, England. It is on the old road between Blackburn and Preston where it crosses the River Darwen. The road, at this point, is now part of the A675. Nearby places include Walton-le-Dale, Coupe Green, and Bamber Bridge.The main road through the...
. - Windows at Mary Datchelor Girl's School, Camberwell, south London.
- Windows at St Lawrence's Church, Westlake (Essex)
- The Gordon Window in Booloominbah
- Windows and murals at the Church of the Sacred Heart, HoveChurch of the Sacred Heart, HoveThe Church of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic church in Hove, part of the English city of Brighton and Hove. It is the oldest of Hove's three Roman Catholic churches, and one of eleven in the city area...
. The final work before his death was the stained glass above the doorway on the southwest side.
Books
- A souvenir of the exhibition of Christian art, held at Mechlin, in September, mdccclxiv, in a series of sketches, with descriptive letterpress Published 1866
- Via Crucis, the way of the Cross in fourteen stations [plates]. Published 1876
- A history of design in painted glass, Volume 1 Published 1881
- Between 1891 and 1894 Westlake published four volumes entitled A History of Design in Painted Glass.
- An elementary history of design in mural painting principally during the Christian era Published 1901
- The dance: historic illustrations of dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D., by an antiquary. Published 1911
External links
- The Vision of Beatrice, Victoria and Albert Museum
- The Church at Ephesus, Cardiff CastleCardiff CastleCardiff Castle is a medieval castle and Victorian architecture Gothic revival mansion, transformed from a Norman keep erected over a Roman fort in the Castle Quarter of Cardiff, the capital of Wales. The Castle is a Grade I Listed Building.-The Roman fort:...
- St Barnabus, St Edward the Confessor and St Mary Magdalene of Florence, Church of St George, Reynoldston
- Triptych, St Paulinus Church, CrayfordCrayfordCrayford is a town and electoral ward in the London Borough of Bexley that was an important bridging point in Roman times across the River Cray, a tributary of the River Darent, which is itself a tributary of the River Thames.-History:...