The Argus, Melbourne, Monday 2nd September 1861, page 5.
“Amongst the contributions which Tarrengower will forward to the forthcoming Exhibition will be a stained-glass window, in the Early English style, the work of Mr. John Lyon, of Maldon”.
The exhibition list of awards published in December 1861 mentions Lyon’s entry as a ‘design for stained glass’ and not actually a window! It also lacks detail to distinguish the description “Early English style”, but coincidentally, two months after the exhibition, Ferguson & Urie supplied a two-light stained-glass window for the chancel of St Margaret’s Church in Eltham, the firm’s earliest known extant window. Evidence of communication between Ferguson & Urie and the church is dated 22nd November 1861. I suspect that the stained-glass window design for St Margaret’s was based on Lyon’s design he submitted for the exhibition.
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John Lamb Lyon, Stained Glass Artist, (1835-1916)
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Biography: John Lamb Lyon (1835–1916)
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See Tarrangower Times August 30 1861.This window is in Holy Trinity Church in Maldon. It is the West Window. Intalled 1863. Another window by John Lamb Lyon is in Presbyterian church Maldon
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Hi John,
Thanks for the great tips! I have a fair bit of other information on the Holy Trinity window plus photos which I have not added to the site yet and I have a photo of a window from the Maldon Neighbourhood Centre (Former Uniting Church) that is a memorial to James and Janet Lyon (1896 & 1885), but it appears to have had a disastrous repair job done on the central figures sometime in the past though. The National Libraries “TROVE” has not included the Tarrangower Times and so I am not aware of the 1861 article you refer to. I’ll drop you a line via email and we can discuss further and I’ll send you some info on the Maldon windows I have.
Many thanks for your contact. If you are a descendant of J. L. Lyon and interested in the stained glass then we might have some interesting discussions if you are interested.
Ray
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