Lot 45: * Robinson (Arnold Wathen, 1888-1955). Design for

* Robinson (Arnold Wathen, 1888-1955). Design for the stained glass window at St. Edyth's, Sea Mills, nr. Bristol, 1930, pencil & watercolour, image 46 x 30cm (18 x 12ins), framed & glazed, backboard captioned to verso, together with Stained glass window design depicting Moses holding the commandments tablet with rainbow filled sky, watercolour & pencil, artist initials lower right, 30.5 x 20.5cm (12 x 8.25ins), framed glazed, plus other watercolour, pastel & crayon designs & studies for stained glass windows mostly contained in a small folder and one framed & glazed. 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 Whall's studio he met Edward Woore, who subequently undertook commissions for the firm of Joseph Bell and Son after Robinson took it over in 1923. Robinson's 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.. (approx. 30)