Vandalism of the Winston Churchill appliqué glass screen: a story without an ending?

Abstract

The Winston Churchill memorial applique glass screen (Fig 1) was created by the artist Edward Bainbridge Copnall in the mid 1960s for an exterior location in a shopping precinct in Dudley in the West Midlands of England. Applique glass art involves the bonding of coloured glass to a support of clear plate glass and this magnificent creation consisted of 17 glass panels with a total width of c. 12 metres illustrating the life of Churchill, including the Houses of Parliament, St Paul’s Cathedra...