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St. Gobnait Clarke modello detail lower panel

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St. Gobnait Clarke modello detail lower panel

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Stained glass artist and illustrator Harry Clarke (1889-1931) drew this design for a stained glass window featuring Saint Gobnait of Ballyvourney, a sixth-century patron saint of beekeepers. The window is installed on the south side of the nave of Honan Chapel, Cork, Ireland, and is one of a series of windows Clarke designed for Honan Chapel. Gobnait is featured in the foreground of the design, and holds her abbess's wooden crozier and a model of the abbey she founded. Bees and several vignettes featuring Gobnait surround her. The background of the design is made up of honeycomb-shaped lozenges. Clarke noted details describing the stories depicted in the design around the edges of the drawing.

Harry Clarke (1889–1931) was an Irish stained-glass artist and book illustrator. Born in Dublin, he was a leading figure in the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement. His work was influenced by both the Art Nouveau and Art Deco movements. His stained glass was particularly informed by the French Symbolist movement. Henry Patrick Clarke was born 17 March 1889, younger son and third child of Joshua Clarke and Brigid (née MacGonigal) Clarke.

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1914
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Stained glass window design of St. Gobnait for Honan Hostel and Chapel, Cork, Ireland, Collection of the Rakow Research Library, The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
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