FDA-A.2567-2024
Parts
Object number
FDA-A.2567-2024
Object type
Identification
Title
Fragment of stained glass windows, formerly in College Chapel
Title Type
assigned by cataloguer
Description
Small stained glass fragment in geometric pattern; green and brown when unlit.
Comments
'On the eve of Founder’s Day, 1940, a delayed-action bomb exploded in the foundations of the north end of Upper School. The blast shattered most of the chapel glass, except the west window over the organ and the south and south-west windows of the ante-chapel.'
[Source: Richard Arthur Austen Leigh et al., A Guide to Eton College (Eton: Eton College, 2008), p.24]
[Source: Richard Arthur Austen Leigh et al., A Guide to Eton College (Eton: Eton College, 2008), p.24]
Description
Dimensions
height (actual size): 145mm
width (actual size): 83mm
depth (actual size): 2mm
width (actual size): 83mm
depth (actual size): 2mm
Inscription
Accompanying note by Donor's father, Simon Spencer: 'THIS FRAGMENT OF STAINED GLASS CAME / FROM ONE OF THE WINDOWS OF ETON COLLEGE / CHAPEL - DAMAGED BY BOMB BLAST AT THE / TIME OF THE FIRST LONDON BLITZ IN 1940-41. / MUCH OF THE GLASS WAS SOLD (!) TO U.S. SERVICE- / MEN WHEN THEY VISITED THE SCHOOL, AFTER / AMERICA ENTERED THE WAR IN 1942.'
Production
Person
O'Connor, Michael, 1801 - 1867 (Artist)
Date
c.1850
History and association
Associated object
FDA-A.844-2018 (related object)
Object history note
Provenance: Collection of Andrew Spencer; by whom presented to Eton College in October 2024
