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List of works by Edward Holmes Jewitt

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Detail of the King Alfred window in Lancaster Priory
Domestic stained-glass window in Pownall Hall Farm, Wilmslow, Cheshire

A list of the known extant works of Edward Holmes Jewitt (1849 – 1929),[1] a Pre-Raphaelite artist working in stained glass and other media. He was one of the two chief designers, along with Carl Almquist, for the Lancaster firm of Shrigley and Hunt, producers of stained glass windows and church-fittings. In recent years his work has begun to be studied and admired,[2] though claims that he was a genius have not gone uncontested.[3] Jewitt designed many windows for locations in the Home Counties, Yorkshire, and above all 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[1] many Shrigley and Hunt windows can be attributed to individual designers only on stylistic grounds, if at all.[4] Any list of E. H. Jewitt's works is therefore necessarily incomplete. However, unless otherwise stated, all of the following Shrigley and Hunt windows have been firmly attributed to Jewitt as designer.

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."[7]

Cheshire

Cumbria

Derbyshire

Devon

  • Alverdiscott, All Saints Church. East window, three lights (1879). The figures are by William Tipping, the vine background is Jewitt's.[13]
  • North Bovey, St John the Baptist's Church. East window, three lights (1880). Subject: angels adoring Christ in Majesty.[16]

East Sussex

  • East Hoathly, parish church (no dedication). East window, three lights (1884). Usually credited to Almquist, but Waters sees Jewitt's hand in the tracery angels and one of the apostles. Subject: Christ and the Apostles.[17][18][19][20]

Gloucestershire

The Christ at the Door window in Christ Church, Lancaster, Lancashire
The Guardian Angel window in the Lady Chapel of St Nicholas Church, Wallasey, Merseyside
Detail of the Sower and Reaper window in St Peter and St Paul's Church, Pickering, North Yorkshire

Greater London

Greater Manchester

  • Bolton, St Mary's Church. A north window, four lights, and the aisle clerestory window above. Subject: an angel with a chalice, Jesus at Gethsemane, etc. By Almquist and Jewitt. It is described in the Buildings of England series as "Duskily Pre-Raphaelite, with some beautifully rich colours...a notable early work of theirs".[22]
  • Hindley, All Saints Church. East window (1878). Subject: the Ascension. Waters comments that "Jewitt's refined drawing and intricate detail is used with great effect, and his complex design retains its clarity in spite of the proliferation of images."[23]
  • Leigh, St Mary's Church. East window, five lights (1888). Subject: Christ and archangels. East wall of St Mary's chapel, three lights (1882). Subject: Nunc Dimittis.[24]

Hertfordshire

Lancashire

Leicestershire

  • Burbage, St Catherine's Church. A south window, three lights (1894). Subject: the life of Hezekiah. Waters called this "almost surreal", and "a minor masterpiece".[35]
  • Gilmorton, All Saints Church. East window, three lights (1896). Subject: the Ascension.[35]

Lincolnshire

Merseyside

Norfolk

  • East Bilney, St Mary's Church. A north chancel window. Subject: Christ healing children.[36]

Northamptonshire

North Yorkshire

Nottinghamshire

Suffolk

  • Ipswich, All Saints Church. Painted panels of the reredos (1895–1896).[40]

West Yorkshire

  • Halifax, St John's Church. Window above porch, three lights (1883). Subject: Elijah in the Wilderness. Clerestory windows (1883). Subject: the Apostles.[37]
  • Queensbury, Holy Trinity Church. East window, five lights (1884). Subject: the Ascension and Resurrection.[39]

Scotland

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Dunbartonshire

  • Dumbarton, Town Hall. Council chamber window (1896). Subject: secular figures. The figures are by Almquist, and the heraldry and patterns in which the figures are set are by Jewitt and others.[37]

Midlothian

  • Penicuik, Episcopal Church. Window, one light (1896). Subject: St George. Window, one light (1900). Subject: St Alban. Window, one light (c.1903). Subject: St Patrick.[41]

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b Allen 2020.
  2. ^ Lane, P. N. (April 2014). "The Parish Church of SS Peter and Paul, Uppingham: The Stained Glass Windows" (PDF). Uppingham Local History Studies Group and Uppingham Parochial Church Council. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  3. ^ Cormack, Peter (2004). "Review of William Waters, Stained Glass from Shrigley & Hunt of Lancaster and London". The Antiquaries Journal. 84: 464. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  4. ^ Waters 2003, pp. 2–3.
  5. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 66.
  6. ^ Eberhard, Robert (January 2021). "Showing windows for St Paul Church in Bedford, Bedfordshire". Church Stained Glass Records. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
  7. ^ Waters 2003, p. 67.
  8. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 68.
  9. ^ a b c d Waters 2003, p. 78.
  10. ^ "Search Results for "Pownall Hall" Jewitt". Bridgeman Images. n.d. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  11. ^ a b c Waters 2003, p. 69.
  12. ^ Waters 2003, pp. 46, 69.
  13. ^ a b c d Waters 2003, p. 70.
  14. ^ "The Annunciation, c.1878 (stained glass)". Meisterdrucke. 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  15. ^ "T G Brocklebank". IWM Imperial War Museums. 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  16. ^ a b c Waters 2003, p. 71.
  17. ^ Allen, John. "East Hoathly – Dedication unknown". Sussex Parish Churches. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  18. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 81.
  19. ^ Eberhard, Robert (January 2022). "Showing windows for Church in East Hoathly, Sussex". Church Stained Glass Records. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  20. ^ Waters 2003, pp. 81–82.
  21. ^ a b c Waters 2003, p. 72.
  22. ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004). Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East. Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 162. ISBN 0300105835. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  23. ^ Waters 2003, p. 75.
  24. ^ a b c Waters 2003, p. 76.
  25. ^ Eberhard, Robert (January 2022). "Showing windows for All Saints Church in Hertford, Hertfordshire". Church Stained Glass Records. Retrieved 29 May 2022.
  26. ^ Eberhard, Robert (January 2022). "Showing windows for St. Mary Church in Ware, Hertfordshire". Church Stained Glass Records. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
  27. ^ "Garstang, St Thomas, Shrigley & Hunt (1873-1982), Edward Holmes Jewitt (1849-1929), Angel Reredos, c.1877". Meisterdrucke. 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  28. ^ Waters 2003, p. 74.
  29. ^ "St Thomas, East Window, 1884 (stained glass)". Bridgeman Images. n.d. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  30. ^ "East Window, 1882 (stained glass)". Meisterdrucke. 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  31. ^ Hartwell & Pevsner 2009, p. 345.
  32. ^ Waters 2003, pp. 75–76.
  33. ^ Hartwell & Pevsner 2009, p. 385.
  34. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 77.
  35. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 79.
  36. ^ a b c Waters 2003, p. 80.
  37. ^ a b c Waters 2003, p. 84.
  38. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 82.
  39. ^ a b Waters 2003, p. 83.
  40. ^ Bettley, James; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2015). Suffolk: East. The Buildings of England. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 317. ISBN 9780300196542. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  41. ^ Waters 2003, p. 85.

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