Description:Oil painting 'Christus Consolator', by Thomas William Camm (1839-1912).
Central figure of Christ, seated, comforting soldiers, women and children. They are surrounded by a multi-national congregation of soldiers and civilians. In the background to left and right are national flags; in the foreground a war devastated landscape. No frame. The painting was begun in 1901 and finished shortly before the artist's death in 1912.
T.W. Camm was a stained glass designer and maker, and painter. He founded the family firm of stained glass designers, first with his brothers John Matthew and Henry Charles as Camm Bros in 1882, and then under the name T. W. Camm & Co, from The Studio in Smethwick. His daughter Florence was one of three of nine children to join the family business to which she dedicated her life. The firm gained international reputation and received commissions from America, Spain, New Zealand and India.
Dimensions: 3050mm x 2440mm
From the Staffordshire County Museum collection.