A STAINED GLASS MASTERPIECE IN VICTORIAN GLASGOW

A STAINED GLASS MASTERPIECE IN VICTORIAN GLASGOW

The Burgh Halls of Maryhill – a north-western district of Glasgow — are adorned by twenty stained glass panels of extraordinary power, beauty, and originality. Created between 1877 and 1881 by the barely thirty-year old artist, Stephen Adam, these panels are unique among stained glass works of the time in that they celebrate contemporary themes of industrial labor.

 

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