RATHBONE MEMORIAL WINDOWS, ST. PETER’S CHURCH, WAIPAWA.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22258, 10 May 1934, Page 2

RATHBONE MEMORIAL WINDOWS, ST. PETER’S CHURCH, WAIPAWA.

The Rathbone memorial windows for St. Peter’s Church, Waipawa (Hawke’s Bay), have just been, completed by the well-known Dunedin artist, Mr R. H. Fraser. There are three windows in all. The main picture, “ Suffer the Little Children,” is 10ft high and 3ft wide, and the two supporting pictures are “Madonna and Child” and •“ The Good Shepherd,” each Bft high and 2ft Gin wide. The grouping in each instance is admirable, and in the main picture there arc six figures surrounding the Christ. The pictures are rich in colouring, remarkable in detail, and decorative in effect, and the ensemble is very striking. The subjects are nearly all life size. The labour entailed in the production • of the three subjects can only be imagined. The whole design and the execution have bfcen carried out by Mr Fraser, who has been engaged on the task for the past five months, working long hours. In the first instance the glass had to be selected with the greatest care, and it may be remarked that there are no fewer than 1000 sections of glass in the pictures. Then the glass had to be treated, painted, fixed and enamelled, and finally leaded up. A large number of people have taken the opportunity of seeing these fine works of art, and all have expressed their admiration of a beautiful and artistic production. A few months ago Mr Fraser completed three stained glass windows of similar size for an Auckland church.