Stained glass from Le Mans - two panels, depicting a man with a sword and a king. Reverse blank.
Sans titreStained glass from Le Mans, depicting St Vitalis half-submerged in well?/tomb?, with crowd of people poised to throw stones at him. Reverse blank.
Sans titreStained glass section from Le Mans, depicting two saints (male and female?). Reverse blank.
Sans titreStained glass section from Le Mans, depicting two saints (one young, one old and bearded). Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo lights of no. 3 stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral, depicting 'notable women': Christina Rossetti, Margaret Beaufort, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Anne Clough. Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo lights of stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral - two female saints, one holding palm and book, one leading a lion by the mane (St Justa and Rufina?). Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo lights of no 9 stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral - two female saints (Alexandra and unidentified). Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo lights of no 1stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral - two female saints (Mary and ?Bertha?). Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo lights of no 5 stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral - two female saints. Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo lights of no 2 stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral - two female saints. Reverse blank.
Sans titreMarked 'H94.'
Sans titreTwo lights of no 3 stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral - two female saints. Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo lights of no 4 stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral - two female saints. Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo lights of no 11 stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral - two female saints. Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo lights of no 7 stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral - two female saints (Perpetua and Cecilia?). Reverse blank.
Sans titreTwo lights of no 6 stained glass window from Lady Chapel, Liverpool Cathedral - two female saints (Anne and Mary Magdalene?). Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass panel, showing man in armour with shield in foreground, armed men retreating in fear in background, Captioned 'Chelsea old church, 17th cent Flemish Glass. Copyright. Jonathan Maccabaeus', Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass panel, showing two men in armour, one stabbing the other (presumably Joab stabbing Abner) captioned 'Chelsea Old Church, 17th Cent Flemish Glass. Copyright. Joab and Abner', Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass panel, showing Onias (kneeling, bearded man, swinging thurible.). Captioned 'Chelsea Old Church, 17th Cent Flemish Glass, copyright. Onias' - Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass panel, showing Jesus praying in garden of Gethsemane while apostles sleep around him. Captioned 'Chelsea Old Church, 17th Cent Flemish Glass, copyright. Gethsemane'. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass panel, showing Jehosaphat, in armour, with helmet removed, kneeling on hillside in front of tent. Captioned 'Chelsea Old Church, 17th Cent Flemish Glass, copyright. Jehoshaphat'. Reverse blank.
Sans titreMarked 'H96.'
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass panel, showing St Paul standing under guard in front of Felix. Captioned 'Chelsea Old Church, 17th Cent Flemish Glass, copyright. St Paul before Felix'. Reverse blank.
Sans titreStained glass from Le Mans, depicting the decapitation of St Protais. Reverse blank.
Sans titreSepia postcard, depicting the New College Chapel window, designed by Sir Joshua Reynolds. Reverse blank.
Sans titreSepia postcard of seven lights depicting female saints, from New College Chapel window, Oxford. Reverse blank.
Sans titreSepia photo of Magdalen College Chapel Window, Oxford, depicting the Last Judgement. Reverse blank.
Sans titreSepia photo of Great West Window, York Minster. Reverse blank.
Sans titreSepia image of Burne-Jones Window from Jesus College Chapel, Cambridge. On back: note from 'JK?MK?' to JA Knowles confirming receipt of translation; also 'please thank Dad for the papers' - could be from Millward, or one of the Knowles sisters (possibly Jane? - compare similar handwriting KNO/24/1993) Postmarked 27 June 1928.
Sans titreSepia photo of stained glass window from Sainte-Chapelle. On reverse is a note from JB Himsworth to JA Knowles, thanking Knowles for 'yours' and 'April number' - presumably referring to a journal. Postmarked 17 April 1928.
Sans titreBlack and white photo of founder's window from Gresham's School chapel. Reverse contains a note to JA Knowles from Reginald Bell of London, thanking him for his card - 'I have pacified my father'. Postmarked 19 April 1926.
Sans titreBlack and white photo - part of stained glass window from Le Mans, depicting St Valerie (probably St Valeria of Milan) gesturing before hooved animal on altar. Reverse blank.
Sans titreMarked 'HT7.'
Sans titreSepia photo of stained glass window from Seville Cathedral, depicting St Mary, surrounded by praying apostles. On reverse is a note to JA Knowles - 'meilleurs voeux pour 1956'. Postmarked Bruxelles, December 1955.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass window from Valleyres-sous-Rances, by Clément Heaton, 1911 - the women at the tomb at the Resurrection. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white photo of Judgement Day window, from St-Etienne Church. On the reverse (addressed to JA Knowles), is 'Viewing glass here is a duty/and some glass here has its beauty/here on some day we might confer/For the present adieu dear Sir'. Drawn face/caricature for signature? Postmarked 29 September. French.
Sans titreBlack and white image of crowned, haloed female figure (St Helena?). German caption. Reverse blank.
Sans titreColour image of stained glass panel - The arms of the Tudors, from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass from St-Julien - image of Louis III at prayer. Reverse blank.
Sans titreSepia image of a stained glass window from St-Etienne-du-Mont. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass - kneeling man in armour, with dog at his side (donor figure?). On the reverse is a note from 'H.R.' to J A Knowles, thanking him for his letter and recommending a reference book called Athena. Postmarked Croydon 10 Dec 1925.
Sans titreBlack and white image of medieval stained glass: The Virgin Enthroned, from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of 12th cent stained glass from Le Mans - a bishop. Reverse blank.
Sans titreColour image of stained glass window, depicting St Joseph, with child Jesus, lamb and angel. Reverse blank.
Sans titreColour image of stained glass window depicting St Catherine with palm and sword. Scene of her martyrdom in background. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass panel, depicting Sir Galahad and an angel, who is holding the Holy Grail, by Burne-Jones. From the Victoria and Albert Museum. Reverse blank.
Sans titreSepia image of the Burne-Jones window from Jesus College Cambridge. On the reverse is a note to J A Knowles from 'Jane' about her trip to London and Cambridge. Postmarked London 27 Feb 1928.
Sans titreColour image of stained glass panel designed by Burne-Jones, depicting angels guarding the Holy Grail. Reverse blank.
Sans titreColour image of a stained glass panel by Lukas Zeiner, depicting Arms of the Baron Von Wissenburg, next to angelic figure. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass panel - Virgin and Child, with St John the Baptist and St Dorothy, surrounded by suns and mythical figures. 16th century German origin; from the Victoria and Albert Museum. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass window, depicting three angels appearing to Abraham, from St Etienne-du-Mont. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of a stained glass window, from St Etienne-du-Mont. 18th century glass depicting 12th century procession to shrine. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of a stained glass window, from St Etienne-du-Mont. Noah's Ark in background of window, 'the Vessel of Religion' in foreground. Reverse blank.
Sans titreIncludes three images of Jane Knowles (nee Annakin) wife of John Ward Knowles, and one further image of the wife of an unidentified member of the Knowles family.
Sans titreIt is likely that the window was part of York Minster.
Sans titreBlack and white image - Acts of Mercy window from All Saints, North St. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white images of two stained glass panels from St Michael-le-Belfrey, York - a religious guild of boys and girls with their chaplain. Card headed 'Antiquary series No 7, JWK and Sons, York'. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass detail from York Minster - head of King of Sicily, from St William window. Card headed 'Antiquary series No 5, JWK and Sons, York'. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass detail from York Minster - head of Lord Mayor of York, from St William window. Card headed 'Antiquary series No 6, JWK and Sons, York'. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass panel from York Minster - donor panel (William and Thomas, sons of 7th Baron Roos of Hamlake), from St William window. Card headed 'Antiquary series No 11, JWK and Sons, York'. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of stained glass window panel from Chelsea old church - robed figure and decorative border. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image - two lights of Burne-Jones 'Days of Creation' window from Manchester College Oxford. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of apostles window from Manchester College Oxford, by Burne-Jones. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of St Catherine window from Christchurch Cathedral, Oxford. Reverse blank.
Sans titreBlack and white image of a stained glass panel - the arms of the Counts of Kyburg (family crest flanked by Adam and Eve?). From the Victoria and Albert Museum. On the reverse is a note to J.A. Knowles from 'H.R.', discussing photographs and prints of stained glass. Postmarked Croydon, 19 January 1926.
Sans titreColour image of stained glass, depicting the Nativity. 15th century, German in origin, but now held at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Reverse blank.
Sans titreMarked 'P83, O81.'
Sans titreMarked 'P84, O85.'
Sans titreIt is likely that the chapter house is in York Minster.
Sans titreThe glass comes from one of the windows in York Minster.
Sans titreIt is likely that the chapter house is in York Minster.
Sans titreOn acetate.
Sans titreOn acetate.
Sans titreIn the east window.
Sans titreGild of Blessed Virgin with their chaplain.
Sans titreYork Trinities in the South West Window.
Sans titreYork Trinities: Trinity at base of Yorke window, c.1500.
Sans titreYork Trinities: Tracery, south aisle.
Sans titreJesse Window, showing two kings.
Sans titreSt Anne and Blessed Virgin, from Weales Quarterly.
Sans titreWesternmost window, south aisle, showing fragments, with a bearded bishop before an altar.
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