A list of the known extant works of Edward Holmes Jewitt (1849 – 1929),[1] a Pre-Raphaelite artist working in stained glass and other media. He was one of the two chief designers, along with Carl Almquist, for the Lancaster firm of Shrigley and Hunt, producers of stained glass windows and church-fittings. In recent years his work has begun to be studied and admired,[2] though claims that he was a genius have not gone uncontested.[3]Jewitt designed many windows for locations in the Home Counties, Yorkshire, and above all the north-west of England, and there are scattered examples elsewhere.
Works
Because of the destruction by fire of most of the company's records in 1973[1] many Shrigley and Hunt windows can be attributed to individual designers only on stylistic grounds, if at all.[4] Any list of E. H. Jewitt's works is therefore necessarily incomplete. However, unless otherwise stated, all of the following Shrigley and Hunt windows have been firmly attributed to Jewitt as designer.
England
Bedfordshire
Bedford, St Paul's Church. First north aisle window, three lights (1884–1885). Subject: Fortitude, Faith and Charity. The figures are by Carl Almquist, the background patterns by E. H. Jewitt.[5][6]
Steeple Claydon, St Michael's Church. A painted reredos in which the central panel, by Almquist, depicts the Resurrection, while the two side panels are by Jewitt. Waters comments that "Neither artist was most successful as a painter in oil, but this reredos is the most successful the firm was to produce."[7]
Walton, St John's Church. East window, four lights (1883). Subject: Te Deum. West window: three lights, side windows (1881). Subject: angels. Another window. Subject: the Last Supper. Several other windows.[9]
Wilmslow, St Bartholomew's Church. A south window, four lights (1925). Subject: angels and musicians praising God. Designed in collaboration with Charles Frederick Turner. Waters thought this window outstanding.[12]
Cumbria
Bardsea, Holy Trinity Church. A north window of the nave, two lights (1883). Subject: young men and women.[11]
Barrow-in-Furness, Town Hall. Staircase window (1893). Produced in collaboration with E. L. Eaton. Waters called this window "magnificent".[11]
Alverdiscott, All Saints Church. East window, three lights (1879). The figures are by William Tipping, the vine background is Jewitt's.[13]
North Bovey, St John the Baptist's Church. East window, three lights (1880). Subject: angels adoring Christ in Majesty.[16]
East Sussex
East Hoathly, parish church (no dedication). East window, three lights (1884). Usually credited to Almquist, but Waters sees Jewitt's hand in the tracery angels and one of the apostles. Subject: Christ and the Apostles.[17][18][19][20]
Bolton, St Mary's Church. A north window, four lights, and the aisle clerestory window above. Subject: an angel with a chalice, Jesus at Gethsemane, etc. By Almquist and Jewitt. It is described in the Buildings of England series as "Duskily Pre-Raphaelite, with some beautifully rich colours...a notable early work of theirs".[22]
Hindley, All Saints Church. East window (1878). Subject: the Ascension. Waters comments that "Jewitt's refined drawing and intricate detail is used with great effect, and his complex design retains its clarity in spite of the proliferation of images."[23]
Leigh, St Mary's Church. East window, five lights (1888). Subject: Christ and archangels. East wall of St Mary's chapel, three lights (1882). Subject: Nunc Dimittis.[24]
Lancaster, Christ Church. A south window, two lights (1896). Subject: River of Paradise. Another window, one light (1895). Subject: Christ at the Door. Waters called it "the most dramatic and telling of Jewitt's designs".[32]
Lancaster, Priory, King's Own Regiment Memorial Chapel. East window (to left), two lights (c. 1910). Subject: Alfred the Great and St Oswald. East window (to right), two lights (c. 1910). Subject: St Martin and St Longinus. West window, four lights (c. 1910). Subject: four prophets.[24]
Lancaster, The Storey. First floor corridor windows.[33]
Lytham St Annes, St Anne's Church. South aisle window, three lights (c. 1899). Subject: St Agnes between two figures. Only the figure in the central light is by Jewitt.[9]
Oswaldtwistle, St Paul's Church. East window, five lights (1884). Subject: the Crucifixion. Waters wrote that "This extraordinary window is unique in the output of the firm, in its stark, uncompromising idiom. Almost Expressionist both in the treatment of the subject and in the choice of streaky glass."[34]
Quernmore, St Peter's Church. A south window, two lights (1881). Subject: angels. Waters thought it one of Jewitt's most powerful windows.[9]
Leicestershire
Burbage, St Catherine's Church. A south window, three lights (1894). Subject: the life of Hezekiah. Waters called this "almost surreal", and "a minor masterpiece".[35]
Gilmorton, All Saints Church. East window, three lights (1896). Subject: the Ascension.[35]
Wallasey, St Nicholas Church. South transept window, four lights (1915). Subject: Christ preaching from a boat. A north chapel window, three lights. Subject: Guardian angels.[8]
West Derby, St James's Church. Two windows in the west wall of the north transept, each of two lights (1883). Subject: angels.[9]
Norfolk
East Bilney, St Mary's Church. A north chancel window. Subject: Christ healing children.[36]
Ipswich, All Saints Church. Painted panels of the reredos (1895–1896).[40]
West Yorkshire
Halifax, St John's Church. Window above porch, three lights (1883). Subject: Elijah in the Wilderness. Clerestory windows (1883). Subject: the Apostles.[37]
Queensbury, Holy Trinity Church. East window, five lights (1884). Subject: the Ascension and Resurrection.[39]
Scotland
Dunbartonshire
Dumbarton, Town Hall. Council chamber window (1896). Subject: secular figures. The figures are by Almquist, and the heraldry and patterns in which the figures are set are by Jewitt and others.[37]
Midlothian
Penicuik, Episcopal Church. Window, one light (1896). Subject: St George. Window, one light (1900). Subject: St Alban. Window, one light (c.1903). Subject: St Patrick.[41]
