Stained Glass The Builder 13 October 13 1860 p 661 "Amongst those glass-painters who are at any rate trying to raise the character of their productions, by the employment, amongst other means, we many name Messers. Lavers & Barraud. This firm have recently produced a small light, after a cartoon by Mr. E. B. Jones, of the school known as "P. R., " which deserves mention. The subject is the Annunciation. The Virgin is kneeling amidst flowers, holding in her hand the dove. Gabriel - "The angel who came down to earth With tidings of the peace so many years Wept for in vane, that op'd the heavenly gates From their long interdict" - stands behind" The annunciation places before us, a Mrs Jameson says, "the two most graceful forms which the hand of man was ever called on to delineate, - the winged spirit fresh from paradise; the woman not less pure, and even more highly blessed - the chosen vessel of redemption, and the personification of all female loveliness, all female excellence, all wisdom, and all purity." It is small blame to say that the cartoon falls short of this; but Mr. Jones has given the Virgin a singularly sweet and touching face. This has been transferred to some extent to the glass; and the whole, although confused and wanting in white light, presents an agreeable mosaic of colours, and a pleasing sentiment for those who rightly look for something more that sparkle."
