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Ward & Hughes (about 1836 - 1920s)

Stained glass firm based in London which was initially a partnership between Thomas Ward (1808-1870) and James Henry Nixon (1802-1857). Nixon was a pupil of Charles Moss and then worked with John Hedgeland, before setting up a partnership with Thomas Ward in the 1830s, based at Frith St, Soho, in London. Henry Hughes (1822-1883) joined the firm in 1850 and became a partner in 1857. In the 1870s and 80s windows of similar styles were signed as both 'Ward & Hughes' and 'H. Hughes'. After Hughes' death, Thomas Figgis Curtis (1845-1924) took over the firm, although the windows were often still signed Ward & Hughes for a time, and then as T.F. Curtis, Ward & Hughes. In the late 1880s and 90s their windows were often designed by George Parlby.

The firm proved to be one of the most successful studios of their time, and employed a distinctive style. They were more likely to sign their work than many contemporary firms, making their work easier to identify.

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	Inscription and Signature from Jesus Appears to His Disciples by the Sea of Tiberias 1905 Church of St Tysilio, Bryneglwys, Denbighshire south wall of the nave
	Signature from Christ Blessing Children Brought by their Mothers 1893 Church of St Peter Ad Vincula, Pennal, Gwynedd south wall of the nave
	Signature from Virgin and Child with Christ the Good Shepherd 1914 Church of St Mary, Pennard, Swansea east wall of the chancel
	Signature from Peter's Commission and Christ Anointed at Bethany 1889 Church of St Tydecho, Cemmaes, Powys west wall of the nave
	Signature from The Ascension 1872 Church of St Tysilio and St Mary, Meifod, Powys east wall of the chancel
	Signature from Scenes from the Gospels 1877 Church of St Tysilio and St Mary, Meifod, Powys west wall of the south aisle
	Signature from The Adoration of the Magi 1889 Church of St Tysilio and St Mary, Meifod, Powys east wall of the north aisle
	Signature from Faith and Hope with Angels 1885 Church of St Catherine, Llanfaes, Anglesey north wall of the north aisle
	Signature from Christ the Good Shepherd 1910 Church of St Dogfan, Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant, Powys south wall of the south chancel aisle
	Signature from Of Such is the Kingdom of God 1875 Church of St John the Baptist, Clydach, Swansea south wall of the nave (window number: sIV)
	Signature detail from An Angel Greets the Three Women at the Empty Tomb 1879 Church of St Llawddog, Llanllawddog, Carmarthenshire east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
	Signature from St Barnabas and St Paul 1910 Church of St Margaret, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire west end of the north wall
	Signature from The Baptism of Christ, with the Baptisms of Cornelius and the Ethiopian Eunuch 1881 Church of St Margaret, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire west wall of the north aisle
	Signature from The Good Shepherd with Women Performing Acts of Mercy about 1880 Church of St Margaret, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire south wall of the chancel

'Glass Painters 1750–1850 (Part II)' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xiii, no. 2 (1960–1), 404.

J. Knowles, 'Glass-Painters 1750–1850 (Part III)' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xiii, no. 3 (1961–2), 520-1.

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 124.

Martin Harrison, Victorian Stained Glass (London: 1980), pp. 22–3, 36–8, 83–4 and further references.

P. G. B. Binnal, 'Ward and Hughes' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xvi, no. 3 (1979–80), 61–4.