[43892] St Peter, Leeds : Baptistry Window

Parish Church of St Peter, Leeds, 1837-41.

Leeds Minster.

Baptistry Window - Patrons' Window, 1856 (detail).

By David Evans of Shrewsbury (1793-1861).

Presented by Thirteen of the Patrons of this Church in the year of Grace MDCCCLVl.

Armorial escutcheons of patrons of the church and (as here) 'The Baptism of Our Saviour'.

 

Considering his renown as an outstanding stained glass artist and as a pioneer of Victorian stained glass, it is surprising how little is known about Evans’ life. He was born and christened at Llanllwchaiarn, near Newtown, Montgomeryshire in 1793. He came to Shrewsbury sometime in his early youth where he received his education and in 1808 was apprenticed to John Betton, a Shrewsbury glazier, eventually becoming his partner in 1815. Here Evans was fortunate in working on the ‘restoration’ of many important medieval stained glass windows. It was this experience which gave him the grounding he needed for his later work.

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