Medieval and Manuscripts

Francis Eginton

Francis Eginton (1737–1805), sometimes spelled Egginton, was an English glass painter. He painted windows for cathedrals, churches, chapels and stately homes, etc., around the country, leaving 50 large works altogether; his work was also exported abroad. His masterpiece is The Conversion of St. Paul, for the east window of St Paul's Church, Birmingham. He also developed a method for reproducing paintings mechanically.

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• ▸Age of Enlightenment
• ▸Gone with the Wind (film)
• ▸Cobblestone Historic District

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