The Parochial Church Council of St Mark's Church, Selly Park, Glasgow;
Peter Nahum, London ('Woman Bringing Children to the Presence of Christ' only);
Private collection

Christ Blessing the Children STRUCTURE: There are minor surface abrasions along the left border, otherwise the sheet is sound. SURFACE: The paint surface is dirty with some some minor spots of foxing which should be easily removed. FRAME: Under glass and held in a wooden frame with a gilt slip in fair condition; unexamined out of frame. COLOUR COMPARISON: The colours are darker and richer than the catalogue illustration suggests. The Women and Children: STUCTURE: The are a few scattered surface abrasions otherwise the sheet is sound. SURFACE: There are a couple of spots of foxing off the upper edge and to the figures in the centre of the composition. There are also two small areas of staining off the lower right edge. FRAME: Under glass and held in a wooden frame in fair condition; unexamined out of frame. COLOUR COMPARISON: The colours are darker and richer than the catalogue illustration suggests.
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The two windows tell the story described in the gospels of Sts Matthew, Mark and Luke when Jesus welcomed children to come to him. Matthew 9:13-15 gives the text:

'Then they brought unto Him little children, that he should put His hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not to come unto me: for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven. And He laid His hands on them, and departed hence.'

The two cartoons are for the main panels of the upper register of the two-light window, with the figure of Christ on the left side and the Women bringing Children on the right. The window is illustrated in Albert Charles Sewter, The Stained Glass of William Morris and his Circle, two volumes, New Haven, 1974-5, II, pl. 612. Burne-Jones recorded pay🍰ment for his designs for stained glass at Hillhead in his acc🌼ount book in 1892. The actual glass was completed by 1893.