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The International Exhibition: design for the east window of St. George's Church, Doncaster, by Hardman and Co., of Birmingham, 1862. 'This window is designed and coloured strictly in accordance with the date (the fourteenth century) of the architecture of St. George's Church. It consists of eight lights, which are filled with the Passion of our Lord represented in eighteen groups - viz., the Entrance into Jerusalem, the Last Supper, Washing the Disciples' Feet, the Treachery of Judas, the Agony in the Garden, the Scourging, the Mocking, the Ecce Homo, the Condemnation, the Carriage of the Cross, the Crucifixion, the Taking Down from the Cross, the Entombment, the Sealing of the Sepulchre, the Resurrection, the Noli Me Tangere, the Ascension, the Descent of the Holy Spirit. In the wheel of the tracery is the half figure of our Lord as the true vine, from whom, connected by the branches, are the Apostles, the Evangelists, and St. Michael and St. George, the smaller openings being filled with angels. This window is erected to the memory of the Rev. Dr. Sharpe, late of the church'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: design for the east window of St. George's Church..., 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)