This window commemorates Edward P. Harper, the son of Bishop Henry Harper, the first Anglican Bishop of Christchurch, and his wife Emily. Edward served as a naval officer and was lost at sea in 1863 at the age of 19. The window was in the St George Chapel of the Barbadoes Street cemetery in Christchurch. The Chapel was demolished in 1955.

Stained glasswork enjoyed a renaissance in Britain during the 19th century, coinciding with the development of the Gothic Revival style in architecture. Clayton & Bell’s work was popular with many Gothic Revival architects.

John Robert Clayton (1827-1913) and Alfred Bell(1832-1895) founded their stained glass studio in London in 1855. They exhibited a design at the Royal Academy in 1861 and by the end of the 1860s their success was so great that they are reputed to have employed over 300 workers. The firm produced a variety of church decoration, including windows, murals and furniture. It was granted a Royal Warrant in 1883.