Frederic Shields (1833-1911)

English artist. Born in Hartlepool, Frederic James Shields worked initially as an engraver and lithographer. He worked subsequently as a watercolour and oil painter, and as a decorative artist, including designs for stained glass and mosaic.

Further reading

William Waters, Saints and Symbols: Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass, (Abbots Morton: Seraphim, 2021), pp. 243–91.

P. G. Konody, 'Shields, Frederic James (1833-1911)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004).

Clyde Binfield, 'The image and the Word: A chapel dimension' in Martin O'Kane (ed.) Imaging the Bible: An Introduction to Biblical Art (London: SPCK, 2008), pp. 114-121.

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	The Transfiguration designer: John Pollard Seddon firm/studio: S. Belham & Co. cartoonist: Frederic Shields glass painter: H. G. Murray 1884 Church of St Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion east wall of the chancel
	Jonathan, David and Samuel firm/studio: S. Belham & Co. designer: Frederic Shields 1884 Church of St Padarn, Llanbadarn Fawr, Ceredigion south wall of the sanctuary
	Lord Save Me artist (after): Frederic Shields Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

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