'Brownies' stained glass window

The stained glass was made by James Powell & Sons from cartoon’s by Selwyn Image (1849-1930). The window was originally in Soham House, Newmarket, Suffolk, which was probably designed by the architect C.J. Harold Cooper.

The ‘Brownies’ depicted are from Juliana Horatia Ewing’s children’s book of the same title, they are a type of fairy described in the book as ‘small editions of men and women, they are too small and fragile for heavy work; they have not the strength of a man, but are a thousand times more fresh and nimble. They can run and jump, and roll and tumble, with marvellous agility and endurance’.