Log NW 35. Christ Church, Gorey, Co Wexford, Ireland.

Christ Church, Gorey, Co Wexford, Ireland.

The Work:- Memorial Plaque in Opus Sectile mosaic.

Date:- 1924.

Location:- Chancel.

SubjectS:- None.

Inscription:- None.

Dedication:- “To the Glory of GOD and in loving memory of ARNOLD GEORGE ELLIS, second son of CLAUD and Georgina ELLIS of RAMSGATE-GOREY.

Born February 24th 1905. Died Ascension Day 1924”.

“Make him to be numbered with thy Saints in Glory everlasting”.

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I do not have a cartoon for the work.

Note:

The work was originally attributed to Ethel Rhind, an Irish designer Rhind, Ethel | Dictionary of Irish Biography (dib.ie)

But Green found evidence that it was a Glasby design, with information on the reverse of a letterhead. While this seems to be the only work of Glasby in Ireland, a search of the website, https://www.gloine.ie/ reveals that Powell & Sons and Henry Holiday undertook several commissions in Ireland and this may explain how Glasby’s work came to the attention of this church.

Info taken from article:- Donald Green, Dennis Hadley and Joan Hadley, “The life and

work of William Glasby (1863 – 1941)”, The Journal of Stained Glass, vol xxxii (2008),

91 – 106.

Ascension Day 1924 was Thursday 29th May.

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With thanks to Rev Mark Hayden for photo and data supplied during 2021.