"Miriam" in Dowanhill Church, Glasgow, by Daniel Cottier (original) (raw)

Miriam

Daniel Cottier

1865-66

Dowanhill Church

Hyndland Street, Glasgow

Nothing could be further in spirit from the conventional female figures of earlier stained glass windows, represented with meek or yearning expressions, in more subdued and less varied tones, and generally amid traditional architectural backgrounds.

Related Material

• Dowanhill Church, by William Leiper
• Stephen Adam: The Early Years and the Glasgow Studio
• Edward Poynter's Miriam

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