Edward Liddall Armitage or E. Liddall Armitage (1887–1967) was an English

stained-glass Stained glass is coloured glass as a material or works created from it. Throughout its thousand-year history, the term has been applied almost exclusively to the windows of churches and other significant religious buildings. Although tradition ...

designer.''Architects and Artists A: E L Armitage.''
Sussex Parish Churches Architects and Artists. Retrieved 12 September 2012. He studied and worked with

Karl Parsons Karl Bergemann Parsons (23 January 1884 – 30 September 1934) was a British stained glass artist associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. Early life, 1884 – 1898 Parsons was born in Peckham in south London on 23 January 1884, the 12t ...

and

Henry Holiday Henry Holiday (17 June 183915 April 1927) was a British historical genre and landscape painter, stained-glass designer, illustrator, and sculptor. He is part of the Pre-Raphaelite school of art. Life Early years and training Holiday was born ...

before going into partnership with Victor Drury. In the 1940s to the early 1960s, Armitage was the chief stained glass designer for

James Powell and Sons The firm of James Powell and Sons, also known as Whitefriars Glass, were London-based English glassmakers, leadlighters and stained glass window manufacturers. As ''Whitefriars Glass'', the company existed from the 17th century, but became well ...

. During his career he designed and made stained glass works for churches and

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s. He also published a book on making stained glass.

Education and career

Armitage studied under

and from 1920 to 1924 was his assistant stained glass painter.''E. Liddall Armitage.''
Stained Glass of Wales, University of Wales. Retrieved 12 September 2012. He also studied under

. After Holiday died in 1927, Armitage finished some of Holiday's work that was in progress. Like Holiday and Parsons, Armitage worked at

The Glass House (Fulham) The Glass House building was a "purpose-built stained-glass studio and workshop" for stained glass artists in Fulham, London. Having gone into partnership in 1897, Mary Lowndes and Alfred Drury had The Glass House built in 1906 for use by indepen ...

. He was a partner to Victor Drury of

Lowndes and Drury The Glass House building was a "purpose-built stained-glass studio and workshop" for stained glass artists in Fulham, London. Having gone into partnership in 1897, Mary Lowndes and Alfred Drury had The Glass House built in 1906 for use by indepen ...

studio in the 1920s. Starting in 1930, Armitage worked as a stained glass artist at 43-45

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in North Kensington in London. He joined

, Whitefriars Ltd in 1950. He published a book title ''Stained glass: history, technology and practice.''

Works

The partial list of Armitage's works are sorted by church name: * ''Virgin and Child with Christ the Good Shepherd'', about 1940, Church of St Brynach, Nevern, Pembrokeshire * ''Moses and King David from Figures from the Old and New Testaments,'' about 1958-1959, Church of St Mary, Swansea (for James Powell and Sons) * ''Christ with the Four Evangelists'', about 1959, Church of St Mary, Swansea * ''Scenes from the Life of the Virgin Mary'', 1960, Church of St Mary, Swansea (designed with Marjorie Walters, for James Power and Sons) * Slinfold * St Bartholomew's Church, Marsden, Huddersfield * ''Descent of the Holy Dove,'' and ''Ascension of Christ'', 1964, St George, Headstone, Harrow''Other Stained Glass.''
St George, Headstone, Harrow. Retrieved 12 September 2012. * St Mark's Church, Bromley is a stained glass work with multiple panels. 'Go Ye Into All The World And Preach The Gospel To Every Creature' is the inscription for the three featured bishops. * Air Force windows, St Paul's Church in

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. Members of the Service gave the windows. * St Peter Church, Chailey * St Thomas's Episcopal Church, Fifth Avenue, New York''E. Liddall Armitage.''
Hulton Archive, Getty Images. Retrieved 12 September 2012. * West Dean * West Itchenor

Publications

* Edward Liddall Armitage. (1959).
Stained glass: history, technology and practice
'. C. T. Branford Company.

References

External links

;Images
''Saint George and Saint Andrew'' by Edward Liddall Armitage at St Mary the Virgin, Leake, Yorkshire

Images of Armitage's works

Image of Armitage himself
;Video
Stained Glass Windows (1955)
Armitage in the beginning of the video ;Overview
Overview of Stained Glass Plating
based upon Armitage's approach {{DEFAULTSORT:Armitage, Edward Liddal English stained glass artists and manufacturers 1887 births 1967 deaths

Education and career

Works

Publications

References

Further reading

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