F. W. Oliphant (1818-1859)

Stained glass designer. Francis Wilson Oliphant worked as chief designer for William Wailes from 1840-45, and then worked for John Hardman until 1850, cartooning designs by A.W.N. Pugin. He then worked for Ballantine and Allan, before setting up his own studio in 1855.

Further reading

'Glass Painters 1750–1850 (Part II)' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xiii, no. 2 (1960–1), 403.

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 92.

Stanley A. Shepherd, The Stained Glass of A W N Pugin (Reading: Spire Books, 2009), pp. 71–6.

A. Charles Sewter, The Stained Glass of William Morris and his Circle (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1974), p. 12.

Malcolm Seaborne, Victorian and Later Stained Glass Windows in Flintshire Churches (Mold: 1996), p. 15.

Martin Harrison, Victorian Stained Glass (London: 1980), p. 19–20.

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	Scenes from the New Testament artist: F. W. Oliphant 1857 Pentrefoelas Parish Church, Pentrefoelas, Conwy east wall of the chancel
	Ascension with Miriam and the Raising of Dorcas artist: F. W. Oliphant about 1858 Church of Corpus Christi, Tremeirchion, Denbighshire east wall of the chancel

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