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

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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 12th a ...

and

Henry Holiday Henry Holiday (17 June 183915 April 1927) was an English Victorian painter of historical genre and landscapes, also a stained-glass designer, illustrator, and sculptor. He was influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, many of whom he knew. ...

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 18th century, but became well kno ...

. 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.''Other Stained Glass.''
St George, Headstone, Harrow. Retrieved 12 September 2012. 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 (stained glass artist), Alfred Drury had The Glass H ...

. He was a partner to Victor Drury of Lowndes and Drury of

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

England

* St. Peter's Church,

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* St. Mark's Church,

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(showing the spreading of the gospel) * St. George's Headstone,

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, Greater London * Church of St. Peter, Bittering,

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* St. Peter's Church,

Slinfold Slinfold is a village and Civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Horsham (district), Horsham District of West Sussex, England. Geography The village is almost west of Horsham, just off the A29 road. The parish covers . The 2001 Census ...

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* St. Andrew's Church, West Dean, West Sussex * St. Nicholas' Church, West Itchenor, West Sussex * St. Bartholomew's Church, Marsden,

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''A Brief History of the Church.''
St Bartholomew's Church. Retrieved 12 September 2012.

New Zealand

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Wellington Wellington is the capital city of New Zealand. It is located at the south-western tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Remutaka Range. Wellington is the third-largest city in New Zealand (second largest in the North Island ...

Wellington Region Greater Wellington, also known as the Wellington Region (Māori language, Māori: ''Te Upoko o te Ika''), is the southernmost regions of New Zealand, region of the North Island of New Zealand. The local government region covers an area of , and ...

(Air Force windows)

United States

* Saint Thomas Church,

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Wales

* Church of St. Mary,

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Glamorgan Glamorgan (), or sometimes Glamorganshire ( or ), was Historic counties of Wales, one of the thirteen counties of Wales that existed from 1536 until their abolishment in 1974. It is located in the South Wales, south of Wales. Originally an ea ...

(depiction of Moses and King David, Christ with the Four Evangelists and Scenes from the Life of Saint Mary, c.1958-59) * St. Brynach's Church, Nevern,

Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire ( ; ) is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. It is bordered by Carmarthenshire to the east, Ceredigion to the northeast, and otherwise by the sea. Haverfordwest is the largest town and ...

(depiction of Virgin and Child, c.1940)

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