Liverpool Cathedral - Stained Glass
Liverpool Cathedral.
North-East Transept - War Memorial Chapel Window, c1946.
See also: www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/15157
Detail: Doubting Thomas.
Designed by James Hogan from sketches by John William Brown.
Made by James Powell & Sons, Whitefriars.
The original window by John William Brown was destroyed by enemy action in the Second World War.
The theme is the aftermath of the First World War, sacrifice and the risen life. The window shows Christ with his arms outstretched in welcome at the top. Below are scenes of acts of compassion.
James Humphries Hogan (1883-1948) studied art at the Westminster School of Arts, before learning about stained glass at the Central School of Arts & Crafts, and then under the tutelage of William Aikman at the Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts. From the age of 15, until his death, Hogan worked for James Powell & Sons, enjoying a fifty year career with this firm. Hogan started as an apprentice in 1898 and rose to become Chief Designer and Managing Director, and finally Chairman in 1946.
James Powell & Sons, situated on the site of the former Whitefriars monastery, between the Thames and Fleet Street, was producing mainly flint glass when it was bought in 1834 by James Powell, a London wine merchant. On his death the firm passed to his three sons Arthur, Nathaniel and James Cotton Powell, who in 1844 established a stained glass department. The latter benefitted from the scientific researches of Charles Winston, a lawyer by profession, who had dedicated himself to the study of medieval stained glass. It had made him aware of the shortcomings of the glass available to contemporary artists, this being often thin and garish in colour. In 1847 he encouraged experiments aimed at rediscovering the chemical components of medieval glass and persuaded the firm of James Powell & Sons to produce 'antique' glass to his recipes. It was mainly due to this collaboration that the firm was to become one of the most important studios and glass manufacturers of the Victorian period.
Liverpool Cathedral - Stained Glass
Liverpool Cathedral.
North-East Transept - War Memorial Chapel Window, c1946.
See also: www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/15157
Detail: Doubting Thomas.
Designed by James Hogan from sketches by John William Brown.
Made by James Powell & Sons, Whitefriars.
The original window by John William Brown was destroyed by enemy action in the Second World War.
The theme is the aftermath of the First World War, sacrifice and the risen life. The window shows Christ with his arms outstretched in welcome at the top. Below are scenes of acts of compassion.
James Humphries Hogan (1883-1948) studied art at the Westminster School of Arts, before learning about stained glass at the Central School of Arts & Crafts, and then under the tutelage of William Aikman at the Camberwell School of Arts & Crafts. From the age of 15, until his death, Hogan worked for James Powell & Sons, enjoying a fifty year career with this firm. Hogan started as an apprentice in 1898 and rose to become Chief Designer and Managing Director, and finally Chairman in 1946.
James Powell & Sons, situated on the site of the former Whitefriars monastery, between the Thames and Fleet Street, was producing mainly flint glass when it was bought in 1834 by James Powell, a London wine merchant. On his death the firm passed to his three sons Arthur, Nathaniel and James Cotton Powell, who in 1844 established a stained glass department. The latter benefitted from the scientific researches of Charles Winston, a lawyer by profession, who had dedicated himself to the study of medieval stained glass. It had made him aware of the shortcomings of the glass available to contemporary artists, this being often thin and garish in colour. In 1847 he encouraged experiments aimed at rediscovering the chemical components of medieval glass and persuaded the firm of James Powell & Sons to produce 'antique' glass to his recipes. It was mainly due to this collaboration that the firm was to become one of the most important studios and glass manufacturers of the Victorian period.