J. W. Brown (1842-1928)

Stained glass designer. John William Brown worked at Morris & Co. before joining James Powell & Sons as a glass painter. He became one of their senior designers but, like Henry Holiday, also designed windows made by other firms, such as Fouracre & Watson and the Gateshead Stained Glass Co.

Further reading

William Waters, Damozels and Deities: Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass 1870–1898 (Abbots Morton: Seraphim, 2017), pp. 223–55.

Dennis Hadley, 'John W. Brown (1842–1928)' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xxxvi (2012), 94–134.

Barrie Armstrong and Wendy Armstrong, The Arts and Crafts Movement in the North West of England: A Handbook (Wetherby: Oblong, 2005), p. 217.

Search for further information about J. W. Brown on Google

Your search found 1 results.

Te Deum Windows firm/studio: James Powell & Sons designer: James Hogan designer: J. W. Brown 1911 Bangor Cathedral, Bangor, Gwynedd north wall of the north aisle

Browse list of people in the database


View this record on the Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue