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Ghe Statued Glass at Porbury Manor 
Howse, 
By GEORGE BAILEY. 
SECOND ARTICLE. 
A\ESIDES the six circles representing the Months of 
which we have already written—Vol. IV., p. 152— 
there is in one of the windows of the entrance hall 
another of somewhat larger size, but of entirely different character 
and workmanship. The subject represented is “‘ The Scourging 
of our Lord.” It gives evidence of considerable skill on the part 
of the artist who painted it; though the colouring differs but 
slightly from the others. The colours used are a grey, one or 
two shades of brown, yellow, and olive. Unfortunately the 
glass has been broken, and there is consequently an ugly lead 
nearly through the centre. In knowledge of anatomy and power 
of drawing it is a remarkable contrast to the poor and inelegant 
draughtsmanship of the Months, and there is no doubt at all that, 
while they are of English manufacture, this came from Holland, 
and is probably of the middle of the sixteenth century, during 
which period copies of the works of the great artists of the time 
were made. ‘The question may arise, ‘‘ How did glass of this 
class get to a place so remote as Norbury must have been at that 
time?” The answer may be supplied by the statement that a 
certain George Sandys * paid a visit to Rome some time in 1611 
* A Relation of a Journey Begun, an. Dom., 1610, in Four Bookes, &c. 
The Fourth Edition. London: printed for Andrew Crooke, 1637. Dedi. 
to P. Charles, 
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