British School, early 19th century- The Risen Christ: Sketch for...

British School,
early 19th century-

The Risen Christ: Sketch for a stained glass window;

pencil, pen and black ink and watercolour on paper, quatrefoil, inscribed 'Top piece' (upper centre), 106.7 x 74 cm.

Provenance:
with A. J. Mucklow & Son, London.
with Greenway Antiques, Witney.
where purchased by the present owner in 2005.

Note:
The present work, by an unidentified hand, may have been influenced by the sketches for stained glass windows taken by Benjamin West, PRA (1738-1820). See, for example, West's designs for the windows in St George's Chapel in Windsor.