Shrigley & Hunt (1874-1982)

Firm founded in Lancaster 1874 by Arthur Hunt when he took over Hudson & Shrigley. Having worked for Heaton and Butler & Bayne at the time that Henry Holiday was supplying designs for the firm, he also sought to supply lighter, more natural and intelligible interpretations of biblical and other narratives in stained glass. His principal designer was Carl Almquist, a pupil of Henry Holiday, who with E.H. Jewitt (1849-1929) was responsible for most of the output for forty years. Hunt died in 1917, but the firm continued until 1982 under the leadership of Joseph Fisher (1911-82), who progressively modernised the output of the firm. John Blyth designed for the firm in the 1950s, as did Harry Harvey from the 1950s until the mid-1970s.

Further reading

William Waters, Damozels and Deities: Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass 1870–1898 (Abbots Morton: Seraphim, 2017), pp. 282–311.

William Waters, Stained Glass from Shrigley & Hunt of Lancaster and London (Lancaster: Centre for North-West Regional Studies University of Lancaster, 2003).

Barrie Armstrong and Wendy Armstrong, The Arts and Crafts Movement in the North West of England: A Handbook (Wetherby: Oblong, 2005), p. 262-3.

Martin Harrison, Victorian Stained Glass (London: 1980), p. 55.

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	The Good Shepherd firm/studio: Shrigley & Hunt Church of St Michael, Trelawnyd, Flintshire south wall of the chancel
	Christ the Good Shepherd and the Virgin & Child firm/studio: Shrigley & Hunt Church of St Michael, Trelawnyd, Flintshire north wall of the chancel
	St John the Baptist with Angels firm/studio: Shrigley & Hunt probably late nineteenth century Church of St Mary, Bangor, Gwynedd south wall of the south aisle
	The Symbols of the Four Evangelists firm/studio: Shrigley & Hunt Church of St Mary, Betws-y-coed, Conwy west wall of the nave
	Crucifixion with Mary, John and Mary Magdalene firm/studio: Shrigley & Hunt designer: Carl Almquist 1886 Church of St Bledrws, Betws Bledrws, Ceredigion east wall of the chancel
	Angels Holding the Beatitudes firm/studio: Shrigley & Hunt designer: Carl Almquist 1887 Church of St Bledrws, Betws Bledrws, Ceredigion nave
	St Michael firm/studio: Shrigley & Hunt designer: Carl Almquist about 1887 Church of St Bledrws, Betws Bledrws, Ceredigion west end of the nave
	Two Angels firm/studio: Shrigley & Hunt artist: Carl Almquist 1887 Church of St Bledrws, Betws Bledrws, Ceredigion porch
	West Window firm/studio: Shrigley & Hunt probably about 1890 Church of St Tysilio, Llantysilio, Denbighshire west wall of the nave
	The Adoration of the Shepherds firm/studio: Shrigley & Hunt 1894 Church of St Mary, Bangor, Gwynedd east wall of the chancel

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