MANATON, Devon – St Winifred. 

Reredos 1896

The reredos is inscribed on the reverse:

ED A F PRYNNE pinxit AD MDCCCLXXXXVI

Domine memento mei quando veneris in regnum tuum

[Ed A F Prynne painted AD 1896   Lord remember me when you come into your kingdom]

The Building News and Engineering Journal of 30 October, 1896, mentioned Manaton’s reredos in the context of an Architectural Association Soirée.  The text reads:

Another large work, also Perpendicular in treatment, was an elaborately carved reredos in untreated oak, intended for Manaton Church, Devon; this had been designed by Mr. G. H. Fellowes Prynne, and executed by Messrs. Lonnie and Co. of Kensington; the panels were filled with oil paintings illustrating incidents in the life of Our Lord, painted by Mr. E. A. Fellowes Prynne.