Lot 390: Robinson (Arnold Wathen, 1888-1955). A collection

Robinson (Arnold Wathen, 1888-1955). A collection of cartoons for stained glass windows, together twenty-eight designs for stained glass windows, black and coloured crayon and some watercolour, comprising fourteen designs of heraldic shields relating to Oxford and Cambridge colleges, and eight similar showing designs for Red Lodge, Bristol, dusty, sheet size approx. 32 x 26cm (12.5 x 10ins), together with six other stained glass window designs by Robinson, incl. one of Blondel and Richard I, and a large one of a man operating a printing press, sheet size 56 x 58cm (22 x 22.75ins) Provenance: from the estate of the artist. Arnold Robinson was a stained glass artisan of high standing, designing windows for Bristol University and Bristol Cathedral and many other west country churches, as well as buildings elsewhere. He was trained by Christopher Whall, a leading figure in the Arts and Crafts Movement. In WhallÍs studio he met Edward Woore, who subequently undertook commissions for the firm of Joseph Bell and Son after Robinson took it over in 1923. RobinsonÍs son, Geoffrey, who had learned the craft from J.E. Nuttgens, took over the firm in 1956 until it closed in 1996. He both designed new work and restored old glass. (28)