Karl Parsons (1884-1934)

Stained glass artist. Born in Peckham, Karl Bergmann Parsons was pupil and assistant to Christopher Whall and set up his own studio at Lowndes & Drury's Glass House from 1908–30. He succeeded Whall as the principal teacher of stained glass at the Central School of Arts & Crafts in 1906, continuing until 1929 when he retired from the post.

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Further reading

Peter Cormack, Arts and Crafts Stained Glass (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015), pp. 255–7, 276, 280 and further references.

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 95.

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	The Virgin Mary artist: Karl Parsons 1908 Church of St Mary, Tenby, Pembrokeshire north wall of the sanctuary
	Receiving the Crown of Life artist: Karl Parsons 1917 Church of St Mary, Tenby, Pembrokeshire north wall of the north aisle
	Memorial Tablet artist: Karl Parsons about 1919 Church of St Mary, Tenby, Pembrokeshire north wall of the north aisle
	Te Deum artist: Karl Parsons 1927 Church of All Saints, Porthcawl, Bridgend east wall of the sanctuary
	The Good Samaritan architect: Karl Parsons 1929 Church of St James, Pyle, Bridgend south wall

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