William Holland (stained glass maker)

William Holland (1809 – September 27, 1883) was a 19th-century British maker of stained glass and other decorative pieces. His work is represented in churches and stately homes across southern England, Wales, and Ireland. Holland of Warwick windows can be identified by his mark "Guil Holland Vaivic. Puix " written on a scroll in Latin in the lower right hand corner.^[1] Holland's stained glass reflects the influence of the Cambridge Camden Society and the Gothic Revival work of Thomas Willement. Willement revived in the early 19th century, the method used at York Minster to build the Great East Window in 1400 wherein coloured pieces are leaded and the lead then becomes part of the design, appearing as black lines in the window.^[2]

Newport St Thomas' Church in July 2010

Studio and business

Holland founded his firm in Warwick at 3 Priory Rd at the intersection with St John's Road, as "Holland , William and Son, St John's , Warwick . Designers and Producers. Stained glass of the twelfth century representing scriptural events." Other 19th century sources quote his work as Elizabethan style. Again as a "stained glass and decorative painting establishment, where every description of design for monumental and baronial windows, enamelled and encaustic painting, gilding, imitations of wood" was executed.^[3] At his studio, Holland also trained family members and other well known makers of stained glass, such as Clement Heaton^[4] In 1855 Heaton joined James Butler to start his own company in London. The original buildings still stand, a white office on a corner is still attached to a long brick building which was Holland's workshop.

Church And Priory Chetwode

Studio in later years

William's sons also became experts in stained glass, and a nephew, Frank Holt (1843–1928),^[5]^[6] joined the firm after which it was known as Holland & Holt and continued on as Holt of Warwick into the early years of the twentieth century.^[7]

Representation at Great Exhibition

William Holland's stained glass was exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 which was held in Hyde Park, London, from 1 May to 15 October, and is found in the Official Catalogue .^[8] The catalogue lists exhibitors and also a description of various methods used to produce stained glass windows. Glass is found in Section III, Class 24.

Holland is listed in entry 63 in the catalogue as working in various styles:

the twelfth century style : illustrating scriptural events,
the decorative style as in Wellesbourne church
stained glass of the fifteenth century; perpendicular style for Shuckburgh Church
stained glass in the Elizabethan style : emblazoned arms of the Queen of England from the present day up to the present period.

He was one of 25 makers of stained glass listed.

Great Exhibition, 1851. Stained glass on left, lining eastern walls in Central North Gallery

Stained Glass was exhibited lining the eastern walls^[9] of the Central North gallery of the Crystal Palace. Around 1845 there was a revival of interest in all types of worked glass, reflected in the choice of panes of sheet or window glass 49 inches long to cover the exhibition halls. "It has been a popular notion that this art was lost to us ; such is not the case, it has indeed been dormant, but never extinct. The fine works exhibited this year (1851) - the production of living artists- announce its revival." This was the first time that stained glass was exhibited in an extraordinary setting that emphasized its artistry in addition to religious themes. Displays were set up to explain the process of glass making. A batch of flint glass was made from one part alkali, two parts lead, and three parts sand with the best quality sand found at Alum Bay, Isle of Wight and Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire . "The materials are mixed and then melted in a crucible made of fire clay, a substance that can withstand intense, prolonged heat. Melting takes 60 hours. At 12 hours the glass is honeycombed and very white and opaque and a few hours later is transparent with thousands of air bubbles, which eventually disappear along with the light purple tint: that is oxygen given off by the oxide of manganese. Tools are then used to manipulate the glass." Flashed (two layers of colour) and stained glass are coloured on the surface only and through a process of embossing the white surface beneath is revealed. This was the process most likely used by Holland to illustrate his windows.^[10]

Stained glass in the nineteenth century

During the English Civil War in the 16th century Oliver Cromwell, a zealous Puritan, fought King Charles II and as part of this campaign, rampaged against the traditional Loyalist church and its ornate trappings. His troops broke down the heavy doors of parish churches near and far, and rode on horseback through their interiors, destroying with their swords anything decorative. Priceless and ancient stained glass windows were shattered and the churches were laid bare to the elements through empty window frames. In the Nineteenth century the Anglican church became interested in what had been lost: there were a few examples of medieval and Elizabethan windows that had survived this earlier devastation. William Holland's stained glass windows strongly reflect his interest in this period as he described his work to be "Stained glass of the twelfth century representing scriptural events." Religious revivals also influenced architecture and were the motivating factor in rebuilding churches. During a flowering period of reconstruction, older windows with plain glass and leading were replaced. See also British and Irish stained glass (1811–1918) and the Cambridge Camden Society.

All Saints Church Wokingham

Brownsover Hall

Examples of Holland Studio stained glass windows

Sts Thomas Minster Church Newport IOW (A Minster church)^[11]
All Saints Church Wokingham^[12]
St James, Twycross, Leicestershire^[13]
St Peter's Church, Diocese of Coventry
Chetwode, St Mary & St Nicholas^[14]
St Mary & All Saints, Haselor, Warwickshire ^[15]
St. Peter's Church, Barford, Warwickshire ^[16]
St Margaret's Church Whitnash, Warwickshire ^[17]^[18]
St Peter's Church, Wellesbourne, Warwickshire^[19]^[20]^[21]
Church of St Collen, Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales^[22]
Church of St Peter ad Vincula, Pennal, Gwynedd, Wales (Holland and Holt)
Christ Church, Taney Dundrum, Ireland.
Christ Church, Bray, Ireland^[23]
Brownsover Hall, Rugby, Warwickshire^[24]
St Michael's Church, Budbrooke, Warwickshire ^[25]
St Michael's Church, Stockton, Warwickshire
Nativity of Mary Church, Studley, Warwickshire ^[26]
SS Peter & Paul Church, Butlers Marston, Warwickshire ^[27]
All Saints Church, Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire ^[28]
Library/Former Chapel, Princethorpe College, Warwickshire ^[29]
St Andrew's Church, North Kilworth, Leicestershire ^[30]

Church of Ireland

Christ Church, Taney Dundrum^[31] incorporates a set of windows signed " Holland, Son & Holt, Glass Painters, Decorators, &c., Warwick, England, 1872."and "Studio William Holland; Warwick ".

In the EAST Sanctuary a very large stained glass window is described as "Five lancets each measuring 3760mm x 560mm; rose of one 6-foil and ten quatrefoils; two large mouchettes and several small lights."

Iconography: King Solomon Building the Temple

Moses in the Bullrushes

Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Elijah Ascending to Heaven

Abraham Sacrificing Isaac

King Solomon in the Temple

Moses and the Tables of the Law

The SOUTH Sanctuary displays "One lancet measuring 2840mm x 560mm. "

Iconography:Visiting the Prisoner

In the NORTH; EAST chancel are "Two lancets, each measuring 2950mm x 560mm, one quatrefoil and two mouchettes. "

Iconography:Taking in the Stranger- on left

Clothing the Naked- on right

In the NORTH; WEST chancel are "Two lancets each measuring 2950x560 mm, one quatrefoil and two small mouchettes. "

Iconography:Feeding the Hungry- on left

Giving Drink to the Thirsty- on right

Notes

References

Little, Joyce, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 67.

Warwickshire County Council: Certified copy of an entry of death for William Holand of the Stained Glass Works in Co. St. Johns, Warwick. Death: 27 September 1883

Victoria and Albert Museum: Stained and painted glass 1770–1870

British and Irish stained glass

British and Irish stained glass (1811–1918)

History

Influences

Artistic movements	Aesthetic Movement Art Nouveau Arts and Crafts Movement Biblia pauperum Cambridge Camden Society Classicism Early Renaissance Exoticism Gothic Revival Oxford Movement Romanticism
Organisations	The Glass House Hogarth Club Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

People

Architectural	John Loughborough Pearson Augustus Pugin George Gilbert Scott Alexander Thomson
Artists	Edward Liddall Armitage Hugh Arnold Alfred E. Child Margaret Chilton Harry Clarke Walter Francis Clokey Charles Edmund Clutterbuck Trena Cox Louis Davis works Rachel de Montmorency Alfred Drury Mabel Esplin Moira Forsyth Wilhelmina Geddes Jane Gray Reginald Hallward works Herbert Hendrie James Humphries Hogan Evie Hone Joan Howson works Marjorie Kemp Charles Eamer Kempe Mary Lowndes William Morris Catherine Amelia O’Brien Karl Parsons works Henry Payne works Lilian Josephine Pocock Patrick Pollen Sarah Purser Ethel Rhind Arnold Wathen Robinson works Arild Rosenkrantz Francis Skeat works Caroline Townshend works Christopher Webb Christopher Whall works Veronica Whall works Thomas Willement William Wilson Paul Woodroffe works Edward Woore works British stained-glass artists Irish stained-glass artists
Critics	John Ruskin
Manufacturers	An Túr Gloine Burlison and Grylls Harry Clarke Clayton and Bell Walter Francis Clokey Daniel Cottier John Hardman & Co. Heaton, Butler and Bayne Hincks and Burnell Lavers, Barraud and Westlake Morris & Co. James Powell and Sons Shrigley and Hunt William Wailes William Warrington

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