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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Book in excellent unread/unused condition. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Harry Clarke’s extraordinary achievements in stained glass make him one of the most interesting and original artines of the early 20th century and today he continues to arouse much admiration from contemporary ansias His gentius saw him use stained glass in a unique manner imbuing his images with a vibrancy and fluidity of movement that was not normally associated with this rigid material. His ability to work with this medium creating enchanting sumptuous images undoubtedly raised the profile of the art of stained glass in the early 20th centurys In 1923 Harold Jacob a Dublines commissioned a window from Harry Clarke for his house in Ailesbury Road. The window depies the story of Keats’s poem the Eve of ht Agnes. This was not die usual subject for a stained glass window in a family house but Clarke persuaded Me Jacob in agree to his proposal. The resulting masterpiece reveals Harry Clarke’s virtuosity in story telling as well as in stained glass techniques The Eve of St Agnes is a jewel in the collection of the Hugh Lane and a favourite among our visitors (LL)