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[[File:Windows5 copy.jpg|thumb|Jesus raising Jairus' daughter, detail of a window, c 1859, by Charles Clutterbuck, in Christ Church, St Laurence, Sydney, Australia.]]
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'''Charles Clutterbuck''' (1806–1861) was a [[stained glass]] artist of Maryland Point, [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], East London.


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He was born in [[London]] on 3 September 1806, the son of Edmund and Susannah Clutterbuck, and baptised at Christ Church, Newgate Street, on 28 September 1806.<ref>W.P.W. Phillimore (ed.) (1894), ''Gloucestershire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly'' (vol. 5), p. 511.</ref>
[[File:Charles Edmund Clutterbuck stained glass St Marys Bury St Edmunds 001.jpg|thumb|Stained glass by Clutterbuck, showing the trial an Crucifixion of Jesus, [[St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds]]]]


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'''Charles Clutterbuck''' (1806&ndash;1861) was an English [[stained glass]] artist of the early [[Victorian era]], being a younger contemporary of [[Thomas Willement]] and [[William Warrington]]
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He married Hannah Kinloch in [[St John's Church, Waterloo]] on 16 October 1828.


==Personal life==
Originally a painter of miniatures, who exhibited eight paintings at the [[Royal Academy]], he began stained glass work in the 1840s. Examples of his work can be seen in many Churches in the South East of England. He has stained glass windows in two [[Buckinghamshire]] churches - two windows in St Mary's, [[Oakley, Buckinghamshire|Oakley]] and one in St Peter and Paul, [[Worminghall]] - as well as windows at [[Ely Cathedral]] and [[St Anne's Limehouse|St Anne's Church, Limehouse]].
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Clutterbuck was born in [[London]] on 3 September 1806, the son of Edmund and Susannah Clutterbuck, and baptised at Christ Church, Newgate Street, on 28 September 1806.<ref>W.P.W. Phillimore (ed.) (1894), ''Gloucestershire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly'' (vol. 5), p. 511.</ref>


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He married Hannah Kinloch in [[St John's Church, Waterloo]] on 16 October 1828.
Examples of his work may be found in Sydney, Australia, at [[Garrison Church, Sydney|Holy Trinity, Milson's Point]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13060226 |title=TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY FOR ENGLAND OF NEWS FROM OCTOBER 22ND TO NOVEMBER 23RD. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 November 1861 |access-date=24 May 2020 |page=8 |via=Trove }}</ref> [[St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney|St Andrew's Cathedral]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13176487 |title=ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 November 1868 |access-date=24 May 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove }}</ref> and [[Christ Church St Laurence]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28628582 |title=ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION THIS DAY |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 January 1860 |access-date=24 May 2020 |page=5 |via=Trove }}</ref>


He had moved to live in [[Essex]] by the time the national [[census]] of England was taken in June, 1841. He was described in the census return as an artist, living at Maryland Point with his wife Hannah and three of their children: Helen (Helen Susannah Clutterbuck), Robert (afterwards the Rev. Robert Hawley Clutterbuck), and Charles (Charles Edmund Clutterbuck).<ref>''Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841''. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841.</ref>
In the national [[census]] of England, June, 1841. the family was living at Maryland Point, [[Stratford, London|Stratford]], [[Essex]], and he was described as an artist, with his wife Hannah and three of their children: Helen (Helen Susannah Clutterbuck), Robert (afterwards the Rev. Robert Hawley Clutterbuck), and Charles (Charles Edmund Clutterbuck).<ref>''Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841''. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841.</ref>
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In the census of March 1851, Clutterbuck is more fully described as an "Artist on painted glass, employing two men, five boys and one girl." Living with him were his wife, Hannah, and five children: Helen, Robert, Charles, Hannah (Hannah Charlotte Clutterbuck), and Hugh (Hugh Jones Clutterbuck).<ref>''Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851''. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851.</ref>


Ten years later, in March 1851, he was again listed as a resident of Maryland Point, but was more fully described as an "Artist on painted glass, employing two men, five boys and one girl." Living with him were his wife, Hannah, and five children: Helen, Robert, Charles, Hannah (Hannah Charlotte Clutterbuck), and Hugh (Hugh Jones Clutterbuck).<ref>''Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851''. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851.</ref>
By 1861, Clutterbuck and his wife were at living at No. 4, Frances Place, in the parish of All Saints, [[West Ham]]. He and his son Charles Edmund Clutterbuck, are described as stained glass painters.<ref>''Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861''. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861.</ref>
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Clutterbuck died at Maryland Point on 5 December 1861.<ref>Principal Probate Registry. ''Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England''. London, England</ref>


==Work==
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Ten years later still, in April 1861, he is described as a "stained glass painter," living at No. 4, Frances Place, in the parish of All Saints, [[West Ham]], with his wife, three sons and daughter (including his son Charles Edmund Clutterbuck, similarly described as a "stained glass painter").<ref>''Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861''. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861.</ref>
[[File:St Marys BStEd w 11 detail.jpg|thumb|300px|Detail of stained glass by Clutterbuck, showing three scenes from the Trial of Jesus, St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds]]
Charles Clutterbuck was a painter of miniatures, who exhibited his works at the [[Royal Academy]].<ref>Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Royal Academy MDCCCCXXVI, p. 84|
(1826)|https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/search/search-the-collection?utf8=%E2%9C%93&all_fields=Clutterbuck&commit=Search</ref><ref>Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Royal Academy MDCCCCXXVII, p.31|
(1827)|https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/search/search-the-collection?utf8=%E2%9C%93&all_fields=Clutterbuck&commit=Search</ref>
He began working in stained glass in the 1830s, with the commission for his earliest known window, at St Digain's Church, Llangernyw, Conwy, being 1830.<ref>Gwydr Lliw yng Nghymru|http://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/object/4235</ref>


Examples of his work can be seen in many churches in the South East of England and is represented at the cathedrals of [[Norwich Cathedral|Norwich]] and [[Ely Cathedral|Ely]], and at [[St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds]]. A large example of his work is the east window of [[St Anne's Limehouse]], a church by [[Nicholas Hawksmoor]] which had suffered fire damage in 1850.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.careforstannes.org/about-the-window | title=The Great East Window }}</ref>
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He died at Maryland Point on 5 December 1861.<ref>Principal Probate Registry. ''Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England''. London, England</ref>

Examples of his work may be found in Sydney, Australia, including the east window of the [[Garrison Church, Sydney|Garrison Church]], [[Millers Point, New South Wales|Millers Point]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13060226 |title=TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY FOR ENGLAND OF NEWS FROM OCTOBER 22ND TO NOVEMBER 23RD. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 November 1861 |access-date=24 May 2020 |page=8 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>Beverley Sherry|Dictionary of Stained Glass|State Library of New South Wales| https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/stained_glass</ref>


His son, Charles Edmund Clutterbuck(1839&ndash;1883) carried on the business until 1882.
His son, Charles Edmund Clutterbuck(1839&ndash;1883) carried on the business until 1882.

==Style==
Clutterbuck employed the techniques used by 18th century stained glass artists, rather than those imitating Mediaeval stained glass favoured by [[Gothic revival]] studios. This involved painting on sections of glass that were comparatively large, using a matrix of ground glass, and then annealing the surface in a kiln. This process was sometimes not entirely successful, with the details of some windows such as those at St Anne's, Limehouse, suffering losses over the years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.careforstannes.org/about-the-window | title=The Great East Window }}</ref>

Clutterbuck's windows are Classical depictions of Biblical narratives, with dynamic action and dramatic characterisation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.careforstannes.org/about-the-window | title=The Great East Window }}</ref>

==Examples of Work==
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[[File:Windows5 copy.jpg|thumb|Jesus raising Jairus' daughter, detail of a window, c 1859, by Charles Clutterbuck, in Christ Church, St Laurence, Sydney, Australia.]]
'''England'''
* St. Mary's Church, [[Oakley, Buckinghamshire|Oakley]], [[Buckinghamshire]]
* St. Peter and St. Paul's Church, [[Worminghall]], Buckinghamshire
* [[Ely Cathedral]], [[Ely, Cambridgeshire]], [[Cambridgeshire]]
* [[Norwich Cathedral]], [[Norfolk]]
* [[St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds]], [[Suffolk]]
* [[St Anne's Limehouse|St. Anne's Church Limehouse]], [[London]] (E14)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.careforstannes.org/about-the-window | title=The Great East Window }}</ref>
* St. Andrew's Church, [[Buxton, Norfolk|Buxton]], [[Norfolk]]

'''Wales'''
* St Digain's Church, [[Llangernyw]], Conwy<ref>Gwydr Lliw yng Nghymru|https://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/person/495</ref>
* Church of St Ffraid, [[Llansantffraed]] Glan-Conwy, Conwy<ref>Gwydr Lliw yng Nghymru|https://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/person/495</ref>
* Church of St Eurgain and St Peter, [[Northop]], Flintshire<ref>Gwydr Lliw yng Nghymru|https://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/person/495</ref>

'''Australia'''
* [[Garrison Church, Sydney|Garrison Church]], [[Millers Point, New South Wales|Millers Point]], [[New South Wales]]<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13060226 |title=TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY FOR ENGLAND OF NEWS FROM OCTOBER 22ND TO NOVEMBER 23RD. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=23 November 1861 |access-date=24 May 2020 |page=8 |via=Trove }}</ref><ref>Beverley Sherry|Dictionary of Stained Glass|State Library of New South Wales| https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/stained_glass</ref>
* [[St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney|St Andrew's Cathedral]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article13176487 |title=ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=30 November 1868 |access-date=24 May 2020 |page=2 |via=Trove }}</ref>
* [[Christ Church St Laurence]], Sydney<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article28628582 |title=ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION THIS DAY |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=26 January 1860 |access-date=24 May 2020 |page=5 |via=Trove }}</ref>
* [[St Thomas' Anglican Church, Mulgoa]], NSW


==References==
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Stained glass by Clutterbuck, showing the trial an Crucifixion of Jesus, St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds

Charles Clutterbuck (1806–1861) was an English stained glass artist of the early Victorian era, being a younger contemporary of Thomas Willement and William Warrington

Personal life[edit]

Clutterbuck was born in London on 3 September 1806, the son of Edmund and Susannah Clutterbuck, and baptised at Christ Church, Newgate Street, on 28 September 1806.[1]

He married Hannah Kinloch in St John's Church, Waterloo on 16 October 1828.

In the national census of England, June, 1841. the family was living at Maryland Point, Stratford, Essex, and he was described as an artist, with his wife Hannah and three of their children: Helen (Helen Susannah Clutterbuck), Robert (afterwards the Rev. Robert Hawley Clutterbuck), and Charles (Charles Edmund Clutterbuck).[2] In the census of March 1851, Clutterbuck is more fully described as an "Artist on painted glass, employing two men, five boys and one girl." Living with him were his wife, Hannah, and five children: Helen, Robert, Charles, Hannah (Hannah Charlotte Clutterbuck), and Hugh (Hugh Jones Clutterbuck).[3]

By 1861, Clutterbuck and his wife were at living at No. 4, Frances Place, in the parish of All Saints, West Ham. He and his son Charles Edmund Clutterbuck, are described as stained glass painters.[4] Clutterbuck died at Maryland Point on 5 December 1861.[5]

Work[edit]

Detail of stained glass by Clutterbuck, showing three scenes from the Trial of Jesus, St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds

Charles Clutterbuck was a painter of miniatures, who exhibited his works at the Royal Academy.[6][7] He began working in stained glass in the 1830s, with the commission for his earliest known window, at St Digain's Church, Llangernyw, Conwy, being 1830.[8]

Examples of his work can be seen in many churches in the South East of England and is represented at the cathedrals of Norwich and Ely, and at St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmunds. A large example of his work is the east window of St Anne's Limehouse, a church by Nicholas Hawksmoor which had suffered fire damage in 1850.[9]

Examples of his work may be found in Sydney, Australia, including the east window of the Garrison Church, Millers Point.[10][11]

His son, Charles Edmund Clutterbuck(1839–1883) carried on the business until 1882.

Style[edit]

Clutterbuck employed the techniques used by 18th century stained glass artists, rather than those imitating Mediaeval stained glass favoured by Gothic revival studios. This involved painting on sections of glass that were comparatively large, using a matrix of ground glass, and then annealing the surface in a kiln. This process was sometimes not entirely successful, with the details of some windows such as those at St Anne's, Limehouse, suffering losses over the years.[12]

Clutterbuck's windows are Classical depictions of Biblical narratives, with dynamic action and dramatic characterisation.[13]

Examples of Work[edit]

Jesus raising Jairus' daughter, detail of a window, c 1859, by Charles Clutterbuck, in Christ Church, St Laurence, Sydney, Australia.

England

Wales

Australia

References[edit]

  1. ^ W.P.W. Phillimore (ed.) (1894), Gloucestershire Notes and Queries: An Illustrated Quarterly (vol. 5), p. 511.
  2. ^ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1841. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841.
  3. ^ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1851. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1851.
  4. ^ Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861.
  5. ^ Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England
  6. ^ Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Royal Academy MDCCCCXXVI, p. 84| (1826)|https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/search/search-the-collection?utf8=%E2%9C%93&all_fields=Clutterbuck&commit=Search
  7. ^ Catalogue of the Exhibition of the Royal Academy MDCCCCXXVII, p.31| (1827)|https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/art-artists/search/search-the-collection?utf8=%E2%9C%93&all_fields=Clutterbuck&commit=Search
  8. ^ Gwydr Lliw yng Nghymru|http://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/object/4235
  9. ^ "The Great East Window".
  10. ^ "TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY FOR ENGLAND OF NEWS FROM OCTOBER 22ND TO NOVEMBER 23RD". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 23 November 1861. p. 8. Retrieved 24 May 2020 – via Trove.
  11. ^ Beverley Sherry|Dictionary of Stained Glass|State Library of New South Wales| https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/stained_glass
  12. ^ "The Great East Window".
  13. ^ "The Great East Window".
  14. ^ "The Great East Window".
  15. ^ Gwydr Lliw yng Nghymru|https://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/person/495
  16. ^ Gwydr Lliw yng Nghymru|https://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/person/495
  17. ^ Gwydr Lliw yng Nghymru|https://stainedglass.llgc.org.uk/person/495
  18. ^ "TELEGRAPHIC SUMMARY FOR ENGLAND OF NEWS FROM OCTOBER 22ND TO NOVEMBER 23RD". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 23 November 1861. p. 8. Retrieved 24 May 2020 – via Trove.
  19. ^ Beverley Sherry|Dictionary of Stained Glass|State Library of New South Wales| https://dictionaryofsydney.org/entry/stained_glass
  20. ^ "ST. ANDREWS CATHEDRAL". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 30 November 1868. p. 2. Retrieved 24 May 2020 – via Trove.
  21. ^ "ABSTRACT OF SALES BY AUCTION THIS DAY". The Sydney Morning Herald. New South Wales, Australia. 26 January 1860. p. 5. Retrieved 24 May 2020 – via Trove.

External links[edit]

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