Centre. The landing of the Nicolas brothers at Looe.
Lower. Arms of Nicholas.
with “N” in border.
Subject type
Narrative
Donor
J Nicholas
Notes
Contract to be awarded to Fouracre & Watson,
Western Morning News p 2,
Western Morning News p 4,
Cornish Times p 4,
Cornish Telegraph p 4 (detailed descriptions of windows).
The description of the window in the Cornish Telegraph, which is consistent with the scene
depicted in the window, states that two Nicolas brothers landed,
but neither Burke
(Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol IV p 139. , London, Henry Colburn)
nor Gilbert
(Gilbert, CS, An Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall,
p 209,
p 211)
when describing Abel Nicolas’ emigration to Looe mentions a brother.
Fouracre used exactly the same design for the main scene three years earlier for the ‘Arrival of the Huguenots’ window in Plymouth Guildhall
(Whitfeld, Henry Francis,
Plymouth and Devonport: in times of War and Peace
p 145,
1900, Plymouth, E Chapple,
cited in
Naylor G, Fouracre & Son Stained Glass Manufacturers of Plymouth, p 20, Figure 7. Old Plymouth Society,
),
which may explain why the boat in the foreground is named Ye Poll of Plymouth.
Naylor remarks that there is no description of the window in a contemporary guidebook published in 1877.
According to a report in
(Western Morning News p 3) there
were still gaps in Plymouth Guildhall where Fouracre windows were yet to be inserted, and ‘Arrival of the Huguenots’ is not listed among
those already inserted.
Insertion of ‘Opening’ window in Plymouth Guildhall (by Heaton, Butler and Bayne) and imminent insertion of
‘Siege’ and ‘Masonic’ windows (by Fouracre). Three windows yet to be given.
Western Morning News p 3.
Insertion of ‘Siege Window’ in Plymouth Guildhall,
Western Morning News p 2.
Acknowledgement by Fouracre of information about arms, selection of subject,
etc., in
Plymouth Guildhall windows
Western Morning News p 3.