The Lady Chapel - Robert Anning Bell RA

Some of the Cathedral's most beautiful mosaics were created by Robert Anning Bell RA (1863-1933) whose name is linked to the Arts and Craft Movement. Anning Bell, Professor of Decorative Art at the Glasgow School of Art, had already created a mosaic for the Horniman Museum in London when he was asked to produce designs for the altar of the Lady Chapel. The walls of the Chapel had been lined with marble in 1908 and a frame above the altar had been left undecorated. Anning Bell's design, completed in 1913, depicts the Tree of Life.