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Includes portion of top row of stained glass window; portion of upper part of Peter de Dene window and reproduction of stained glass image - kneeling monk flanked by knights. Plate 1 moderately faded, 'top row' written on plate in pen. Plate 2 stained and discoloured; 'Peter de Dene top' written on plate in ink. Plate 3 liquid stained but otherwise in good condition.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Glass plate negative

Same cartoon used twice in the same window to represent two different subjects - drowned child recovered at shrine; and humpbacked boy recovered at shrine. From the St William Window, York Minster. Images of panel 74. Hump backed boy cured at shrine. Panel 99. Drowned child brought to shrine. Same small kneeling figure visible in both.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Glass plate negative

Figure of a woman used three times (St William Window, York Minster). Three images of kneeling female figure. Captioned 'Panel 68. Boy recovered at shrine. Panel 100. Leprous woman at shrine. Panel 77. Paralyzed man cured.' Same figure and compositon with different head-dress, leprosy scars etc.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Glass plate negative

Cartoon of a Figure used for another subject. Woman poisoned by eating frog. Woman at the shrine. St William Window, York Minster. Two plates. One plate shows panels 66 and 67 of St William Window (Woman poisoned by eating frog and Poisoned woman at shrine, whilst the second shows panels 66 and 67 of St William window, and enlarged images of woman in each panel, clearly showing identical headdress and hand gesture.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Glass plate negative

Cartoons copied from prints. Windows at Chantilly and Ecouen copied from prints of the story of Psyche. Story of Psyche at Chantilly and Annunciation at Ecouen. Caption: 'At Ecouen the figure of the Virgin and at Chantilly the whole subject have been taken from the print of 'The Queen hearing the reply of the Oracle' from the series illustrating the story of Psyche by The Master of the Die'.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)

Reproduction from a book or newspaper: picture of medieval stained glass, image of crowned male figure with vines in background (Jesse tree?). Caption: 'sold for 70,000 (£18,500) dollars in New York - a record price: a thirteenth century English stained glass panel from the Lawrence collection'.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Glass plate negative

Plates of Theophilus method of drawing cartoons on whitened board. Two plates - 1 ) photograph of wooden table with board on top, cartoon etched into board, pieces of glass ready to be joined together next to it; 2) image of cartoon etched out - bound male figure with crown and halo, being whipped by two other male figures.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Window sold for £360

Reproduction of a press cutting, with text advertising sale of the Property of the Marquis of Landsdowne, including 'a remarkable stained-glass window in five panels. Photo captioned 'a stained-glass window with effigies of Henry VII and Elizabeth of York and Royal Arms, sale March 26'. Date (1920) and further information ('sold for £360. (Cautrey?). Also includes two other panels £380 (Seligman.) Vide press cuttings on stained glass')

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)