Stained Glass Window Design: Christ Blessing the Little Children

1862–1953

Not on view

Heaton, Butler and Bayne were London stained glass designers who produced windows for Victorian churches and houses in Britain, America and Europe (the mount of this design is stamped with the Fifth Avenue address of their New York office suggesting the related window may have been installed in an American church). The text inscribed below the four panels, quotes from the Gospel of Matthew (18:4, 19:14), and the related images show Christ blessing children and using a child to teach his Apostles about the nature of faith.

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Title: Stained Glass Window Design: Christ Blessing the Little Children
Artist: Heaton, Butler & Bayne (British, 1862–1953)
Date: 1862–1953
Medium: Watercolor, pen and black ink
Dimensions: Sheet: 18 7/8 x 5 13/16 in. (47.9 x 14.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1953
Object Number: 53.679.1828.1
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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