York - Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate
Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York.
Window by John Ward Knowles (1838-1931), 1878.
Detail: Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not.
Presented by George H Russell.
John Ward Knowles was a York-based stained-glass manufacturer, and commentator on local art and music. After training in art, Knowles dabbled in photography. On his marriage in 1874 he moved to Stonegate in York, to the old ‘Sign of the Bible’, which then became his family home for the next 120 years.
The building still retains much of Knowles’ work, installed when he lived there, including a collection of late Victorian and Edwardian stained glass. Knowles continued to live and work there until his death at the age of 93 and his sons continued the business until 1953.
York - Holy Trinity Church, Micklegate
Holy Trinity, Micklegate, York.
Window by John Ward Knowles (1838-1931), 1878.
Detail: Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not.
Presented by George H Russell.
John Ward Knowles was a York-based stained-glass manufacturer, and commentator on local art and music. After training in art, Knowles dabbled in photography. On his marriage in 1874 he moved to Stonegate in York, to the old ‘Sign of the Bible’, which then became his family home for the next 120 years.
The building still retains much of Knowles’ work, installed when he lived there, including a collection of late Victorian and Edwardian stained glass. Knowles continued to live and work there until his death at the age of 93 and his sons continued the business until 1953.