Nathaniel Hubert John Westlake FSA (1833–1921) was a 19th-century British artist specialising in stained glass.

Career

Nathaniel Westlake was born in

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in 1833. He began to design for the firm of Lavers & Barraud, Ecclesiastical Designers, in 1858, and became a partner ten years later, making the firm Lavers, Barraud and Westlake, of which he became sole proprietor in 1880. The firm was then known as Lavers & Westlake. A leading designer of the

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movement, his works include ''The Vision of Beatrice'' (1864), commissioned for an exhibition of stained glass held at the South Kensington Museum (renamed the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1899). In 1896, Lavers & Westlake were commissioned to reglaze two central lights in the great hall windows at

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. The subjects were ''

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discourses with Roger Ascham'' and ''By Industry and Perseverance'', symbolising the importance of female endeavour in higher education. Other windows included ''On the way to Chapel'', ''Physical Exercise'', ''The Kindergarten'' and ''The Classroom''. The windows were removed from the school in 2010 after it was converted into a series of apartments.Martin Harrison FSA ''Nathaniel Westlake and the Stained Glass of Mary Datchelor Girls' School''. Published by the Clothworkers' Company, The Dorset Press, Dorchester England 2010 Westlake published under the name of "Nat Hubert John Westlake". He contributed an article on mosaics to the '' Catholic Encyclopedia''. He died in

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on 8 May 1921.

Works

Stained glass

*Windows, Lady Chapel, and Stations of the Cross,

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. *Windows at Arundel Cathedral. *Five-light window at

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Cathedral, New Zealand, 1889-1890 (destroyed in 1931 earthquake). *Windows at St Stephen's, Gloucester Road, London, 1889-1899. *Windows at Our Lady the Immaculate Conception Church, Devizes, Wiltshire, 1909. *Windows at All Saints, Higher Walton, Lancashire. *Windows at

, Camberwell, south London. *Windows at St Lawrence's Church, Westlake (Essex) *The Gordon Window in Booloominbah *Windows and murals at the

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. The final work before his death was the stained glass above the doorway on the southwest side. *Windows of Marble Chapel in

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, Isle of Bute. *Windows of chapel at St Michael's Cemetery, Rivelin, Sheffield. *Windows at All Saints Church, Kingston upon Thames. * As Lavers and Westlake, windows in the college chapel at

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, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Paintings

* The vaulted ceiling of St Joseph's Church, Highgate (considered one of Westlake's finest works) * Reredos in

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* The triptych behind the altar at

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, London, completed in 1908. Westlake also painted the sanctuary ceiling, which illustrates passages from the Book of Revelation, chapter 14, and stations of the cross which are now missing. * Wall paintings in

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. * Paintings in the arcade spandrels at St Mary's, Bourne Street, London. * The sanctuary ceiling and Stations of the Cross, Church of St Francis of Assisi, Notting Hill, London. * Memorial in the Lady Chapel at St Stephen's, Gloucester Road, London, for Rev J P Waldo. *

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* The ceiling and Stations of the Cross in the college chapel at

, Co. Kildare, Ireland

Books

*''A souvenir of the exhibition of Christian art, held at Mechlin, in September, mdccclxiv, 864in a series of sketches, with descriptive letterpress'' (1866) *''Via Crucis, the way of the Cross in fourteen stations'' lates (1876) *''A History of Design in Painted Glass'', Volume 1 (1881) *''A History of Design in Painted Glass''. Four volumes (1891–1894) *''An elementary history of design in mural painting principally during the Christian era'' (1901) *''History of Design in Mural Painting from the Earliest Times to the Twelfth Century: From the second until the twelfth centuries AD'' In two volumes. (1905) J. Parker, London *''The dance: historic illustrations of dancing from 3300 B.C. to 1911 A.D., by an antiquary''. (1911)

Gallery

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Plaque

There is a plaque on 20

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, which was Westlake's home during the 1880s, next to the offices of Lavers and Barraud.

References

External links

St Mary's Church, Great Shefford
Victoria and Albert Museum
The Church at Ephesus

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St Barnabas, St Edward the Confessor and St Mary Magdalene of Florence
Church of St George, Reynoldston
Triptych
St Paulinus Church,

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