Stained glass windows by Harry Clarke

Detail of Madonna and Child at Church of the Assumption, Bride Street, in Wexford, Ireland

Harry Clarke (1889–1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. He produced more than 130 stained glass windows, he and his brother Walter having taken over his father's studio after his death in 1921. His glass is distinguished by the finesse of its drawing and his use of rich colours, and an innovative integration of the window leading as part of the overall design, originally inspired by an early visit to see the stained glass of the Cathedral of Chartres. He was especially fond of deep blues. Clarke's use of heavy lines in his black-and-white book illustrations echoes his glass techniques.

Clarke's work includes both religious and secular stained glass windows. Highlights of the former include the windows of the Honan Chapel in University College Cork; of the latter, a window illustrating John Keats' The Eve of St. Agnes (now in the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery in Dublin) and the Geneva Window (now in the Wolfsonian Museum, Miami, Florida, USA). Perhaps his most seen works were the windows he made for Bewley's Café on Dublin's Grafton Street.

List of leaded glass windows (by Harry Clarke)

Building	Location	Year	Details	Notes
Crawford Art Gallery	Cork	1910	The Consecration of St. Mel, Bishop of Longford	Awarded a gold medal at the 1911 National Competition in South Kensington.
		1911	The Godhead Enthroned
			The Meeting of St. Brendan with the Unhappy Judas
National College of Art and Design	Dublin 8	1912	The Baptism of St. Patrick	Part of six panels designed for the 1912 National Competition in South Kensington while Clarke was a student at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art. Clarke won a gold medal in the competition, as well as first prize in the annual Royal Dublin Society's 1913 Art Industries Exhibition.
National Museum of Ireland – Decorative Arts and History	Dublin 7	1912	The Unhappy Judas	Won a Gold Medal at the 1913 National Competition in South Kensington, as well as first prize in the annual Royal Dublin Society's 1913 Art Industries Exhibition. Acquired by the museum in 2008.
		1918	A Meeting	Inspired by a ballad written by Heinrich Heine.
Honan Chapel, University College Cork	Cork	1915	St. Brigid	Described by critic Brian Fallon as "one of the central masterpieces of twentieth-century Irish art", describing the windows as "... hieratic, Byzantine, and so powerful and original in colour that it is hard if not impossible to think of any European equivalent to them since the Middle Ages."
			St. Patrick
			St. Colmcille
		1916	St. Finnbarr
			St. Ita
			St. Albert
			St. Gobnait
			St. Brendan
			St. Declan
			St. Joseph
		1917	Our Lady of Sorrows
National Gallery of Ireland	Dublin 2	1917	The Song of the Mad Prince	After the 1913 poem by Walter de la Mare. Housed in a James Hicks cabinet and originally made for Clarke's patron Thomas Bodkin. Acquired by the gallery in 1987.
		1922	Titania Enchanting Bottom	Depicts Act IV, Scene I of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and mounted in a James Hicks cabinet. Acquired by the gallery in 2023 at auction for US$47,880.
		1926	The Mother of Sorrows	Acquired in 2002 from the Convent of Notre Dame at Dowanhill in Glasgow, Scotland.
Private Collection formerly Marino (Abbey Lea)	Killiney, Co. Dublin	1917	Queens of Sheba, Meath and Connaught	Nine frieze windows based on J. M. Synge's poem "Queens". The windows were commissioned by Laurence Ambrose Waldron for his house, Marino, which later became known as Abbey Lea and served as the Australian ambassador's residence. They sold at auction for UK£331,500 in 1997.
			Queens men drew like Monna Lisa
			Lucrenzia Crivelli
			Queens in Glenmacnass
			Etain, Helen, Maeve, and Fand
			Bert
			Queens who cut the bogs of Glanna
			Queens who wasted the East by proxy
			Queen of all are living or have been
		1918	Waldron Family Crest	Two small panels designed for Clarke's friend and patron Laurence Ambrose Waldron
			The Sun
St. Barrahane's Church	Castletownshend, Co. Cork	1918	The Nativity with the Adoration of the Kings and the Shepherds	In memory of Thomas Somerville and his wife, Henrietta Townsend of Drishane House. The tracery lights depict Sts. Brigid, Fachtna, and Barrahane.
		1920	St. Louis IX, King of France	In memory of Kendall Coghill, who died during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
			St. Martin of Tours dividing his Cloak for a Beggar
		1926	St. Luke attended by Sts. Cecelia, Barrahane, and Fidelis	In memory of Sir Egerton Coghill.
Church of the Assumption, Bride Street	Wexford, Co. Wexford	1919	Madonna and Child	Together known as the "O'Keefe Memorial Window" after Lieutenant Henry O'Keefe. It was commissioned by his mother after O'Keefe died in France in May 1917 during World War I. Second window also described as Sts. Aiden and Breen
			Adored by Sts. Adrian and Aiden
Holy Trinity Church	Killiney, Co. Dublin	1919	Angel of Hope and Peace	In memory of Clifford B. Lloyd, who was killed during World War I.
Vincentian Fathers Church of St. Peter	Phibsborough, Dublin 7	1919	Adoration of the Sacred Heart	Incorporated into the church's Chapel of Adoration.
			St. Margaret Mary
			St. John Eudes
		1924	Four Decorative Windows	In the Mortuary Chapel. Collages made of cullet and incorporating symbols of the passion of Christ.
St. Mary's Church	Nantwich, Cheshire	1920	Madonna and Child	The quatrefoil and trefoil windows above the main window include St. Adria, St. Clare, St. Francis of Assisi, Mary Magdalen, St. Brigid, and St. Nicholas
			St. Cecelia
			Richard Cœur de Lion
Brian Clarke Collection of Stained Glass	London	1921	Bluebeard's Last Wife	Panel mounted in a James Hicks cabinet. Acquired at auction in 2021 for €165,000.
St. Mary's Church	Sturminster Newton, Dorset	1921	Our Lady and child	Tracery lights above the window contain a quatrefoil of the St. George cross and four angels
			St. Elizabeth of Hungary
			St. Barbara
Christ Church	Gorey, Co. Wexford	1922	St. Stephen	In memory of Percival Lea-Wilson. A 1920 Joshua Clarke & Sons window in the church is also dedicated to Lea-Wilson.
		1923	St. Martin of Tours
			St. Luke
			Rose Window	Designed by Clarke but completed by Harry Clarke Studio.
Hugh Lane Gallery	Dublin 1	1923	The Eve of St. Agnes	Illustration of John Keats's poem of the same name. Across two panels, the window includes 14 scenes from the poem, along with two semi-circular decorative panels at the top and a frieze below. Excerpts from the poem label each of the scenes. Originally created for George N. Jacob's home on Ailesbury Road in Dublin, James Hicks built wooden slips to hold the window. After Jacob's death, his son, Harold, moved the windows to his house in Foxrock, Co. Dublin. In 1949, the panels were acquired by Richard King and placed into storage until they were acquired in the late 1970s by the Hugh Lane Gallery for IR£20,000.
		1930	Mr. Gilhooley	Based on a work of the same name by Liam O'Flaherty. It is the original panel from the Geneva Window, but a second panel was made due to a crack in the figure's neck. It was acquired by the gallery in 2015 from the Fine Art Society, London, for UK£35,000.
Church of St. Peter & St. Paul	Balbriggan, Co. Dublin	1924	The Visitation	Commissioned in 1923 by Canon Byrne of Balbriggan and completed for a cost of IR£116. The Widow's Son depicts the raising of the son of the widow of Nain from the Gospel of Luke.
			The Widow's Son
St. Joseph's Church	Terenure, Dublin 6	1922	The Annunciation
		1923	Our Lady Queen of Heaven	Described as 'Adoration of the Cross'
St. Stephens Cathedral	Brisbane, Queensland	1923	The Ascension	Commissioned by Archbishop Sir James Duhig. Inscribed to the memory of Isaac and William Mayne.
Burrell Collection	Glasgow	1932	The Coronation of the Blessed Virgin	Originally made for the Convent of Notre Dame at Dowanhill in Glasgow, Scotland. Purchased by Glasgow Museums in 2002 for UK£132,000.
Chapel of the Sacred Heart	Dingle, Co. Kerry	1924	The Visit of the Magi	The 12 windows cover six scenes from the life of Jesus. The chapel is now under the ownership of the Díseart Centre of Irish Spirituality and Culture.
			The Baptism of Jesus
			Let the little children come to me
			The Sermon on the Mount
			The Agony in the Garden
			Jesus appears to Mary Magdalene
Church of Sacred Heart	Donnybrook, Dublin 4	1924	St. Rita	The Clarke panels flank a third light, Sorrowful Mother of Christ, by William McBride.
			St. Bernard of Clairvaux
Eneriley and Kilbride Church of Ireland	Arklow, Co. Wicklow	1924	Resurrection window	Clarke is also credited with a small, abstract window in the North transept over the door.
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church	Castletown	1924	The Annunciation	Variously attributed to Clarke and to the Clarke Brothers.
			The Resurrection
St. MacCullin's Parish Church	Lusk, Co. Dublin	1924	Dempsey Memorial Lancet Window of St. Maculind	The artist's self-portrait among the afflicted
St. Michael and St. John	Cloughjordan, Co. Tipperary	1924	The Ascension with five Irish saints and St. Michael and St. James
Chapel of the Novitiate of the Oblate Fathers of St. Mary Immaculate, Belcamp College	Balgriffin, Dublin 17	1925	St. Brendan at the helm of his boat
			St. Malachy	Also known as St. Maol M'Aodhog
			St. Kevin in his cave at Glendalough
			St. Laurence O'Toole in the ancient city of Dublin	Also known as Lorcon
			St. Colmcille
			St. Duileach
			St. Damhnait
			St. Brigid
			St. Eithne and St. Fedhlim
			St. Gobnait
			St. Patrick
			St. Oliver Plunkett
Richard Townley Suite, Ashdown Park Hotel	Wych Cross, East Sussex	1925	Scenes from the life of Mary	The eight windows were designed for the chancel of the Chapel of Our Lady at the Convent of Notre Dame. The deconsecrated chapel is now the hotel's Richard Townley Suite.
St. John the Baptist Church Duhill	Castlegrace, Co. Tipperary	1925	Salomé receiving the head of John the Baptist	The windows memorialise Margaret Byrne of Ashgrove and her brothers: Rev. John Moran of Ballyduff, Rev. Thomas Moran of Newcastle and James Moran of Ballyknockane.
			The Apparition at Lourdes
St. Michael's Catholic Church	Ballinasloe, Co. Galway	1925	Sts. Patrick and Rose of Lima	Clarke also designed a mural, Our Lady, St. John and two angels attending the Trinity (1924), for the church.
St. Joseph's Church	Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan	1925	St. Ceara	Designed and partially constructed by Clarke.
			St. Dympna	Harry Clarke Studio under supervision by Clarke. Additional Harry Clarke Studio windows are present in the church, too.
			Sts. Macartan and Tigernach
			Sts. Fachnea and Enda
Chapel of the Noel Family	Exton Park, Rutland	1926	Blessed Oliver Plunkett and Blessed Thomas More
St. Mary's Church	Ballinrobe, Co. Mayo	1926	St. Fursey and St. Fechin
			St. Colman and St. Brendan
			St. Gormgall and St. Kieran
			St. Enda and St. Jarleth
			Assumption and Coronation of Blessed Virgin Mary
			Presentation in the Temple and Immaculate Conception
			Ecce Homo and Magdalen in the Garden
			Baptism of Christ and Ascension
			St. Patrick, St. Brigid and St. Colmcille
St. Patrick's Church	Donabate, Co. Dublin	1926	Suffer little Children to come unto me
Dominican Convent Chapel	Belfast	1927	Rose Window
Killaloe Church	Killaloe, Co. Clare	1927	The Presentation of Our Lord
			Annunciation and Flight into Egypt
St. Patrick's at Carnalway	Kilcullen, Co. Kildare	1922	St. Hubert	Commissioned by George A. Birmingham in memory of Percy and Lady Annette La Touche. In 2006, An Post used an image of the window on its stamp marking the 75th anniversary of Clarke's death.
Sandford Road Church	Ranelagh, Dublin 6	1927	St. Paul with the Conversion of St. Paul in predella	The head of St. Peter is not original.
			St. Peter with St. Peter's Denial in predella
St. Patrick's Church	Newport, Co. Mayo	1927	Last Judgement
The Stained Glass Museum, Ely Cathedral	Ely, Cambridgeshire	1927	St. Wilfred and St. John Berchmans with the Presentation of our Lady in the Temple in lower panel	Originally made for the Convent of Notre Dame at Dowanhill in Glasgow, Scotland. Acquired by the museum in 1998.
Christ the King Church Tullycross	Renvyle, Co. Galway	1927	St. Bernard	Purported to have been commissioned by Oliver St. John Gogarty.
			St. Barbara
			Apparition of the Sacred Heart
Destroyed during World War II formerly All Saints Church	Penarth, Cardiff	1928	The aged Simeon holding the infant Jesus	Both windows were destroyed in 1941 (or possibly as late as 1943) when the church was hit by a German air raid during World War II.
		1930	St. Michael and the Giving of the Laws to Moses, with St. Gabriel and the Annunciation
Bewley's Café, 78 Grafton Street	Dublin 2	1928	Decorative windows
Our Lady's Hospice	Harold's Cross, Dublin 6	1928	Sacred Heart	Windows originally designed for Rathfarnham Castle Relocated in 1986.
			St. Joseph and Our Lady
St. Brigid's Church of Ireland	Castleknock, Dublin 15	1928	St. Luke	The three tracery lights depict motifs from the cosmos.
			St. George
			St. Hubert
St. Mary's Church of the Assumption	Tullamore, Co. Offaly	1928	St. Brendan	Windows originally designed for Rathfarnham Castle Relocated to Tullamore in 1986.
			St. Patrick
			St. Benignus
			St. Peter
			St. Paul
			St. Ignatius of Loyola
			Christ's Wounds
Cathedral of St. Eunan and St. Columba	Letterkenny, Co. Donegal	1929	10 clerestory windows
St. Patrick's Purgatory	Lough Derg, Co. Donegal	1929	St. Peter	The 14 windows include the Stations of the Cross 1. Jesus is condemned to death
			St. Paul	2. Jesus takes up his cross
			Apostle Andrew	3. Jesus falls the first time
			Apostle James	4. Jesus Meets His Mother
			John the Evangelist	5. Simon helps Jesus to carry the cross
			Apostle Philip	6. Veronica wipes the face of Jesus
			Apostle Bartholomew	7. Jesus falls the second time
			Apostle Thomas (Doubting Thomas)	8. The women of Jerusalem weep for Jesus
			Apostle Matthew (Levi)	9. Jesus falls the third time
			Apostle James, son of Alphaeus	10. Jesus is stripped of his clothes
			St. Jude	11. Jesus is nailed to the cross
			Apostle Simon the Zealot	12. Jesus dies on the cross
			St. Matthias	13. The body of Jesus is taken from the cross
			Mary, Queen of the Apostles	14. The body of Jesus is laid in the tomb
Everard Memorial Chapel, MIC, St. Patrick's Campus	Thurles, Co. Tipperary	1929	St. Thomas Aquinas	Commissioned by Very Revd. N Cooke, president of the college at the time, with donations from past presidents. Total cost was IR£436.10
			St. Columkille
			St. Columbanus
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church	Bayonne, New Jersey	1929	Angel with Stole	A total of 40 windows were commissioned for the church, and Clarke completed designs and color schemes for the nine chancel windows by October 1928 and installed in 1929. Harry Clark Studios continued to work on the commission after Clarke's death.
			Angel with Cross
			Angel with Thurible
			Angel with Wine and Watery
			Angel with Chasuble
			Angel with Maniple
			Angel with Candle
			Angel with Ciborium
			Angel with Book
			Angel with Ciborium
St. Michael & All Angels	Waterford, Hertfordshire	1929	St. Cecilia and a Listening Angel	Designed by Clark in 1921, but initially rejected by the church's Diocesan Advisory Committee because it was not in line with the existing windows by Edward Burne-Jones, William Morris, and Ford Madox Brown. Completed in 1929 by Karl Parsons from Clarke's drawings.
Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Timoleague, Co. Cork	1929–30	Holy Family and Flight into Egypt	Some sources attribute the windows to Clarke himself. The design drawings held at Trinity Library attribute them to Studio artists Cecil Simmonds and William J. Dowling, although Richard King may also have collaborated on them.
			Coronation of the Virgin
			Assumption
			Christ meets his mother
			Miracle of Cana
			Death of St. Joseph
Wolfsonian-FIU	Miami Beach, Florida	1930	Geneva Window	Commissioned by the Irish Free State government for the League of Nations' International Labour Building in Geneva, but rejected for being "too provocative" and "unrepresentative". It was first installed in Government Buildings on Merrion Square before being purchased by Clarke's widow, Margaret, in 1933 for its original cost of IR£450. The window was exhibited at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin and by the Fine Art Society in London before being acquired by Mitchell Wolfson Jr. in 1988.
Private Collection formerly St. Patrick's Church, Trim	Trim, Co. Meath	1930	The Ascension	Commissioned by Lady Dillon of Longworth Hall in Hereford in February 1929 for Lismullen Church in Skryne, Co. Meath. In 1964, the window was relocated to the Cathedral Church of St Patrick in Trim, Co. Meath. In 2006, it was purchased at auction by a private collector.
St. Cuthbert's Catholic Church	Durham, Durham	1931	St. William of York, St. Cuthbert, Blessed Thomas Percy, the English Martyrs, St. Bede	Known as the Canon Brown Window, it was paid for by a parishioners in memory of Canon Brown who served as parish priest from 1887 to 1924. The window underwent a major restoration in 2013 by Iona Art Glass.