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Karl Parsons (1884-1934)


Stained glass artist. Born in Peckham, Karl Bergmann Parsons was pupil and assistant to Christopher Whall and set up his own studio at Lowndes & Drury's Glass House from 1908–30. He succeeded Whall as the principal teacher of stained glass at the Central School of Arts & Crafts in 1906, continuing until 1929 when he retired from the post.

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  The Virgin Mary The Virgin Mary
artist: Karl Parsons
1908
Church of St Mary, Tenby, Pembrokeshire
north wall of the sanctuary (window number: nII)
  Receiving the Crown of Life Receiving the Crown of Life
artist: Karl Parsons
1917
Church of St Mary, Tenby, Pembrokeshire
north wall of the north aisle (window number: nVIII)
  Te Deum Te Deum
artist: Karl Parsons
1927
Church of All Saints, Porthcawl, Bridgend
east wall of the sanctuary (window number: I)
  The Good Samaritan The Good Samaritan
architect: Karl Parsons
1929
Church of St James, Pyle, Bridgend
south wall
Further reading

Peter Cormack, Arts and Crafts Stained Glass (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015), pp. 255–7, 276, 280 and further references.

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 95.





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