This autumn sees a major celebration of the Pre-Raphaelites. ‘Pre-Raphaelites: Victorian Avant-Garde’ (12 September 2012 – 13 January 2013) at Tate Britain will be a major reassessment of these artists, and the redeveloped William Morris Gallery in Walthamstow has just opened. But many people are not aware that some of the finest Pre-Raphaelite works are on our doorstep – in St. Michael’s Church, Victoria Road. In 1909, the stained glass artist Selwyn Image wrote: “Brighton possesses the finest modern piece of stained glass that has ever been done…for the magnificence of its design, the sense… of being in the presence of supernatural beings, the perfectness of its splendid colouring…this specimen seemed to be perfection”.
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