As far as I have been able to tell, this Annunciation is by Margaret A. Rope, a British Carmelite nun (Sister Margaret of the Mother of God) whom Wikipedia identifies as a "stained glass artist in the Arts and Crafts movement tradition active in the first four decades of the 20th century. Her work is notable for the intensity and skill of the painting and the religious fervour underpinning it."
Margaret was one of six children whose widowed mother had recently converted to Catholicism. Two of the girls entered religious life, while one son became a priest. Margaret herself had a flourishing career as an artist (specializing in Church commissions) before entering Carmel, and she continued to create stained glass for the windows of the monastic church (which her cousin, the artist Margaret Edith Rope were making). After World War II her health declined to the point where she could no longer continue artwork. She died in 1953 at age 71.
Visit the Wikipedia listing of Margaret A Rope for a fuller biography and samples of her striking stained glass work.
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