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: Oxford University Press, 2004).

Clyde Binfield, 'The image and the Word: A chapel dimension' (London: SPCK, 2008), pp. 114-121.




Search for further information about Frederic Shields on Google

Your search found 3 results.
  The Transfiguration 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 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 Lord Save Me
artist (after): Frederic Shields
Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion


Browse list of people in the database


View this record on the Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue
Arts & Humanities Research Council - project sponsorsNational Library of Wales - project partnerUniversity of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies - project partnerUniversity of Wales Trinity Saint David - project organiser

This database and its contents are copyright © 2008-2024 by University of Wales Trinity Saint David, unless otherwise noted. Copyright information

Database, software and website development by Technoleg Taliesin Cyf. © 2008-2024