George Hedgeland Explained

George Caleb Hedgeland (1825–1898) was a British designer of stained glass windows in the 19th century. He was the son of the architect John Pike Hedgeland and worked from a studio in London in the 1850s. His work, which was displayed at the Great Exhibition in 1851, was characterised by the use of bold designs. His career was short, as ill-health led to a move to Australia in 1860.^[1]

In Australia, Hedgeland worked as a surveyor in New South Wales from 1871.^[2]

Works

His work included:

• An east window for the chapel of Jesus College, Oxford (1853)^[3] This shows various biblical episodes, including three instances of Christ raising people from the dead: Jairus' daughter, the son of the widow of Nain and Lazarus.^[4] There are also pairs of scenes from the New Testament and the Old Testament to demonstrate the typological relationship between them: for example, the Passover is paired with the Last Supper, Jonah escaping from the whale with the Resurrection of Jesus, and the ascension of Elijah with the ascension of Jesus.^[5] Nikolaus Pevsner described it as "a busy, somewhat gloomy piece with many small scenes".^[6]
• The west window of Norwich Cathedral (1853),^[1] similarly depicts the typological relationship between Moses, his birth, teachings and saving people with a snake on a pole and Jesus' birth, teachings and ascension (pictured).
• The east window of St John's Church, Sharow, North Yorkshire^[7]
• Halifax Parish Church (1855)^[7]
• South-east transept window at Lincoln Cathedral (1854)^[8]
• A window at Ely Cathedral^[7]
• Restoration of windows at King's College, Cambridge^[1]

Personal

Hedgeland married Annie Shrapnell Henning, sister of Rachel Henning, at St Mark's, Darling Point on 24 January 1866.^{[9] [10]}

He died of influenza on 28 September 1898 at Ryde and was buried at Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde.^{[11] [12]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: George Hedgeland . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090106161247/http://www.stainedglassmuseum.com/collections/hedge.htm . January 6, 2009 . 30 June 2009 . The Stained Glass Museum.
2. Web site: 1871-07-14 . Licensed Surveyors . 2024-03-04 . Trove . en.
3. Book: Baker, J. N. L.. J. N. L. Baker. H. E.. Salter . Mary D. . Lobel . A History of the County of Oxford Volume III – The University of Oxford. 22 June 2009 . Victoria County History. 1954 . Institute of Historical Research, University of London. 978-0-7129-1064-4 . Jesus College . http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=63887. 276.
4. Book: English, Edwin. Oxford Illustrated. 1902. 74. W. Mate. Bournemouth.
5. Book: Landow, George. George Landow (professor). Word and Image  - Typological Uses of Genesis 3:15. Victorian Types, Victorian Shadows; Biblical Typology in Victorian Literature, Art, and Thought. Routledge. 1980. 978-0-7100-0598-4. http://www.victorianweb.org/religion/type/ch4e.html#glass. 1 July 2009. registration.
6. Book: Pevsner, Nikolaus. Nikolaus Pevsner. Sherwood, Jennifer. The Buildings of England – Oxfordshire. Jesus College. 1974. 0-300-09639-9. Yale University Press. 143.
7. Web site: Stained Glass at St John's, Sharow . Harrison . Martin . St John's Church, Sharow . 30 June 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090601041137/http://sharow.org.uk/st-johns-church/church-stained-glass.html . 1 June 2009 .
8. Great Day on Nineteenth-century Stained Glass . Vidimus . 21 . September 2008 . 1753-0741 . 30 June 2009 .
9. News: 29 January 1866 . Family Notices . 5 March 2024 . . 1 . National Library of Australia . 4,459.
10. Web site: Henning, Rachel Biddulph . 2024-03-04 . The Dictionary of Sydney.
11. News: 1909-09-29 . Family Notices . The Sydney Morning Herald . 1 . Trove.
12. News: 1898-10-09 . Ryde and Gladesville . The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate . 10 . Trove.