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The Jesus and little children window in St Nicholas Church, Örebro
The Jesus at the home of Martha and Mary window in St Nicholas Church, Örebro
Detail of the Faith window of All Saints Church, Upper Stondon, Bedfordshire
The Adoration of the Lamb window in St Wilfrid's Church, Grappenhall, Cheshire
The Flight into Egypt window in St Nicholas Church, Örebro
The Baptism of Jesus window in St Nicholas Church, Örebro
The Christ among the Doctors window in St Nicholas Church, Örebro
Detail of the St Alban window in Lancaster Priory
The Annunciation to the Shepherds window in Christ Church, Over Wyresdale, Lancashire
The Hireling Shepherd window in Christ Church, Over Wyresdale, Lancashire
The St Michael window in Betws Bledrws Church, Ceredigion
Detail of a stained-glass window in Betws Bledrws Church, Ceredigion
The Prodigal Son window in St Nicholas Church, Örebro

A list of the known extant works of Carl Almquist (1848 – 1924), a Swedish-born stained-glass artist whose professional life was spent entirely in Britain. He was a pupil of Henry Holiday and became one of the two chief designers for the well-known Lancaster firm of Shrigley and Hunt. He was in large measure responsible for establishing their late Pre-Raphaelite or Aesthetic style. Though largely neglected by 20th-century art historians, Almquist has more recently been acclaimed as a genius, and as one of the leading late-Victorian stained-glass designers.[1] Almquist designed many windows for locations in Scotland, Wales, the Home Counties, Yorkshire, and above all in the north-west of England, and there are scattered examples elsewhere.

Works

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Because of the destruction by fire of most of the company's records in 1973[2] many Shrigley and Hunt windows can be attributed to individual designers only on stylistic grounds, if at all.[3] Any list of Carl Almquist's works is therefore necessarily incomplete. However, unless otherwise stated, all of the following Shrigley and Hunt windows have been firmly attributed to Almquist as designer.

Great Britain

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England

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Bedfordshire

Buckinghamshire

  • Steeple Claydon, St Michael's Church. A painted reredos in which the central panel, by Almquist, depicts the Resurrection, while the two side panels are by Jewitt. Waters comments that "Neither artist was most successful as a painter in oil, but this reredos is the most successful the firm was to produce."[9]

Cambridgeshire

  • Pampisford, St John the Baptist's Church. East window, three lights (1896). Subject: the Crucifixion.[10]

Cheshire

Cumbria

Derbyshire

Durham

  • Redmarshall, St Cuthbert's Church. A south window, two lights (c. 1905). Subject: musical angels.[17]

East Riding of Yorkshire

East Sussex

  • East Hoathly, parish church (no dedication). East window, three lights (1884). Possibly in collaboration with Jewitt and William Tipping. Subject: Christ and the Apostles.[19][20][21][22]

Greater London

Greater Manchester

Hertfordshire

  • Datchworth, All Saints Church. West window of the north aisle, two lights (1879). Subject: Sower and Reaper.[17]
  • Hoddesdon, St Catherine and St Paul's Church. East window of the south chapel (1877).[28]
  • Ware, St Mary the Virgin's Church. First window of the south aisle, three lights (1885). Subject: the early life of Christ.[12][29]

Kent

  • Aldington, St Martin's Church. South transept window, two lights (1887). Subject: two angels.[12]
  • Boxley, All Saints Church. West window of the north aisle, two lights (1913). Subject: St David and St James the Great. The main design is by Almquist, but the bands of Jesus stilling the tempest are by Patten Wilson.[12]

Lancashire

Lincolnshire

  • Epworth, St Andrew's Church. South chancel window, three lights (c. 1909). Subject: After the Resurrection. North window. Subject: Christ blessing little children.[41]

Merseyside

Norfolk

  • East Bilney, St Mary's Church. North chancel window (1886). Subject: the Resurrection.[41]

Northamptonshire

Northumberland

North Yorkshire

Nottinghamshire

Oxfordshire

South Yorkshire

Surrey

  • All Saints' Church, Grayswood. East window, five lights (1905). Subject: the Ascension and Resurrection. Also a north window. In the chancel are painted figures of Moses and David on linen canvas, by Almquist according to Waters, though Historic England only says they are possibly by him.[20][49]

West Yorkshire

  • Bradford, St James's Church. East window, five lights (1876). Subject: Scenes from the Life of Christ.[50]
  • Ledsham, All Saints Church. East window, five lights (1899). Subject: After the Resurrection.[50]
  • Queensbury, Holy Trinity Church. A north window, two lights (1884). Subject: the Good Shepherd, and the Parable of the Talents.[48]

Worcestershire

  • Evesham, All Saints Church. Two windows, each of four lights (1899). Subjects: Saints and Prophets.[18]

Scotland

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Aberdeenshire

Dunbartonshire

  • Dumbarton, Town Hall. Council chamber window (1896). Subject: secular figures. The heraldry and patterns in which the figures are set are by Jewitt and others.[50]

Lanarkshire

Perthshire

  • Aberfoyle, parish church (no dedication). West window, two lights (1895). Subject: the Good Shepherd, and Moses.[50]
  • Aberfoyle, St Mary's Episcopal Church. East window, four lights (1896). Subject: Scenes from the Life of Christ. Waters described it as a superlative work of art.[51]

Wales

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Clwyd

Dyfed

  • Betws Bledrws, parish church (no dedication). East window, three lights (1886). Subject: the Crucifixion. West window, one light (1887). Subject: St Michael. Six windows, each of one light (1886). Subjects: Angels. Porch windows (1887). Subjects: Angels. Almquist's windows are described in the Buildings of Wales series as lovely, and of a delicacy reminiscent of Morris & Co., while Waters called his St Michael "magnificent".[57][58][59]

Mid Glamorgan

Ireland

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County Kilkenny

  • Kilkenny, St Canice's Cathedral. Three south chancel windows, each of one light (1902). Subject of the central lancet: St John and St Peter. Attributed to Almquist.[60]

Spain

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Canary Islands

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Tenerife

Sweden

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Örebro County

  • Örebro, Olaus Petri Church. South transept window, three lights. Subject: the Passion of Christ. East window, three lights. Subject: Christ in Majesty, St Peter, and St Paul. Wall decorations in the choir.[62][63]
  • Örebro, St Nicholas Church. A north window, three lights (1881). Subject: musical angel. East window. Subject: Scenes from the Life of Christ. South transept window. Subject: Scenes from the Life of Christ. Various other windows.[52][64]

See also

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Footnotes

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  1. ^ Waters 2003, pp. 1, 67.
  2. ^ Allen, John (2020). "Architects & Artists S". Sussex Parish Churches. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  3. ^ Waters 2003, pp. 2–3.
  4. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 66.
  5. ^ Eberhard, Robert (January 2022). "Showing windows for St Paul Church in Bedford, Bedfordshire". Church Stained Glass Records. Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  6. ^ Eberhard, Robert (January 2022). "Showing windows for St Mary Church in Luton, Bedfordshire". Church Stained Glass Records. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  7. ^ Waters 2003, pp. 66–67.
  8. ^ Eberhard, Robert (January 2022). "Showing windows for All Saints Church in Upper Stondon, Bedfordshire". Church Stained Glass Records. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  9. ^ Waters 2003, p. 67.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Waters 2003, p. 68.
  11. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 79.
  12. ^ a b c d e Waters 2003, p. 72.
  13. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 69.
  14. ^ Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2010). Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness. The Buildings of England. London: Yale University Press. p. 128. ISBN 9780300126631. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  15. ^ a b c d e Waters 2003, p. 70.
  16. ^ "T G Brocklebank". IWM Imperial War Museums. 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  17. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 71.
  18. ^ a b c Waters 2003, p. 82.
  19. ^ Allen, John (2020). "East Hoathly – Dedication unknown". Sussex Parish Churches. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  20. ^ a b c d Waters 2003, p. 81.
  21. ^ Eberhard, Robert (January 2022). "Showing windows for Church in East Hoathly, Sussex". Church Stained Glass Records. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  22. ^ Waters 2003, pp. 81–82.
  23. ^ Eberhard, Robert (January 2022). "Showing windows for Christ Church Church in Cockfosters, Outer London Ex Mdx". Church Stained Glass Records. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  24. ^ "Panels". Victoria and Albert Museum, London. n.d. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  25. ^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, p. 162.
  26. ^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, p. 173.
  27. ^ Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, p. 595.
  28. ^ Bettley, James; Pevsner, Nikolaus; Cherry, Bridget (2019). Hertfordshire. The Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 319. ISBN 9780300223903.
  29. ^ Eberhard, Robert (January 2022). "Showing windows for St. Mary Church in Ware, Hertfordshire". Church Stained Glass Records. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  30. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 73.
  31. ^ "Chancel N side. Reverend John Palmour". Christ Church Fulwood. 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  32. ^ a b c d Waters 2003, p. 74.
  33. ^ Waters 2003, p. 75.
  34. ^ Waters 2003, pp. 75–76.
  35. ^ a b c d Waters 2003, p. 76.
  36. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 78.
  37. ^ Darlington, Neil (2020). "Christ Church (the Shepherds' Church), Over Wyredale". Architects of Greater Manchester 1800–1940. The Victorian Society. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  38. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 77.
  39. ^ Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009). Lancashire: North. The Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 486. ISBN 9780300126679. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  40. ^ "St George's Church". Preston Minster. n.d. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  41. ^ a b c Waters 2003, p. 80.
  42. ^ Pollard, Pevsner & Sharples 2006, p. 181.
  43. ^ "Dorcas, 1887 (stained glass)". Meisterdrucke. 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  44. ^ "Charity, 1887 (stained glass)". Bridgeman Images. n.d. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  45. ^ Pollard, Pevsner & Sharples 2006, p. 576.
  46. ^ Waters 2003, pp. 78–79.
  47. ^ "St James Church Riding Mill. History of the Church and the building". St James Church, Riding Mill. n.d. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  48. ^ a b c Waters 2003, p. 83.
  49. ^ Historic England (26 September 2002). "Church of All Saints (1243910)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  50. ^ a b c d e f Waters 2003, p. 84.
  51. ^ Waters 2003, pp. 24, 84.
  52. ^ a b c d e Waters 2003, p. 85.
  53. ^ "Church of St Tysilio, Llantysilio, Denbighshire". Gwydr Lliw yng Nghymru/Stained Glass in Wales. Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru/University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. 2011–2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  54. ^ "Llantysilio, St Tysilio, Shrigley & Hunt (1873-1982), Carl Almquist, Angelic Chorus, 1890". Meisterdrucke. 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  55. ^ "Llantysilio, St Tysilio, Shrigley & Hunt (1873-1982), Carl Almquist, Angel Musicians, 1890". Meisterdrucke. 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  56. ^ "Llantysilio, St Tysilio, Shrigley & Hunt (1873-1982), Carl Almquist, Angel Musicians, 1890". Meisterdrucke. 2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  57. ^ "Carl Almquist (1848-1924)". Gwydr Lliw yng Nghymru/Stained Glass in Wales. Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru/University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. 2011–2020. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  58. ^ Waters 2003, pp. 32, 85.
  59. ^ Lloyd, Thomas; Orbach, Julian; Scourfield, Robert (2006). Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion. The Buildings of Wales. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 49. ISBN 0300101791. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  60. ^ Lawrence, David (n.d.). "Kilkenny Cathedral St Canice W02". Gloine Stained Glass in the Church of Ireland. The Representative Church Body. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  61. ^ Núñez, Jonás Armas (July–December 2013). "Los templos anglicanos como iniciadores de la vidriera artística en Canarias". Quiroga: Revista de Patrimonio Iberoamericano (in Spanish) (4): 13. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  62. ^ "Olaus Petri Church Örebro" (PDF). Svenska kyrkan. n.d. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  63. ^ "Olaus Petri kyrka, Örebro". Länsstyrelsen Örebro län (in Swedish). n.d. Retrieved 11 July 2020.
  64. ^ "Church of Saint Nicholas" (PDF). Svenska kyrkan. n.d. Retrieved 11 July 2020.

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