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William Aikman (1868–1959)


Stained glass artist. William Aikman was born in Edinburgh and was an apprentice with Ballantine and Son. He moved to London in 1892 and designed windows for James Powell & Sons, working on commissions with William Richmond and J.W. Brown. Aikman left Powell's to set up his own studio in 1913. He taught at Camberwell School of Art after the First World War. William Aikman was a founder member of the British Society of Master Glass Painters in 1921, serving on its council. Windows by other artists were also made at his studio.


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  Christ in Majesty with Angels Christ in Majesty with Angels
firm/studio: James Powell & Sons
designer: William Aikman
1904
Church of St Mary, Margam, Neath Port Talbot
east wall of the chancel
  St Cynog, St Brychan and St Alud St Cynog, St Brychan and St Alud
firm/studio: James Powell & Sons
designer: William Aikman
about 1910
Cathedral Church of St John Evangelist, Brecon, Powys
north wall of the north aisle (St Keyne's Chapel)
  Giles de Breos with Humphrey de Bohun and Edward Stafford Giles de Breos with Humphrey de Bohun and Edward Stafford
firm/studio: James Powell & Sons
designer: William Aikman
about 1910
Cathedral Church of St John Evangelist, Brecon, Powys
north wall of the north aisle (St Keyne's Chapel)
  A Fallen Soldier with Christ and Angels A Fallen Soldier with Christ and Angels
firm/studio: William Aikman
1921
Church of St Pedrog, Llanbedrog, Gwynedd
south wall of the nave
  St George and St David with the Crown of Life St George and St David with the Crown of Life
firm/studio: William Aikman
1921
Church of St Pedrog, Llanbedrog, Gwynedd
south wall of the nave
  Christ with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist Christ with the Virgin Mary and John the Evangelist
artist: William Aikman
1926
Church of St Peris, Nant Peris, Gwynedd
east wall of the chancel (window number: I)
  The Risen Christ with the Symbols of the Four Evangelists The Risen Christ with the Symbols of the Four Evangelists
artist: William Aikman
1939
Church of St Grwst, Llanrwst, Conwy
north wall of north aisle
Further reading

Peter Cormack, Arts and Crafts Stained Glass (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015), pp. 71–2.

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 2.

Alan Brooks and Peter Cormack, 'The Artists of the Glass House' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xli (2017), 15.

Barrie Armstrong and Wendy Armstrong, The Arts and Crafts Movement in the North West of England: A Handbook (Wetherby: Oblong, 2005), p. 210.

Arthur E. Buss, 'William Aikman' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xiii, no. 1 (1959-60), 364-5.





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