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Ward & Hughes (about 1836 - 1920s)

Stained glass firm based in London which was initially a partnership between Thomas Ward (1808-1870) and James Henry Nixon (1802-1857). Nixon was a pupil of Charles Moss and then worked with John Hedgeland, before setting up a partnership with Thomas Ward in the 1830s, based at Frith St, Soho, in London. Henry Hughes (1822-1883) joined the firm in 1850 and became a partner in 1857. In the 1870s and 80s windows of similar styles were signed as both 'Ward & Hughes' and 'H. Hughes'. After Hughes' death, Thomas Figgis Curtis (1845-1924) took over the firm, although the windows were often still signed Ward & Hughes for a time, and then as T.F. Curtis, Ward & Hughes. In the late 1880s and 90s their windows were often designed by George Parlby.

The firm proved to be one of the most successful studios of their time, and employed a distinctive style. They were more likely to sign their work than many contemporary firms, making their work easier to identify.

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	Prophets and Evangelists firm/studio: probably Ward & Hughes perhaps 1870s Church of St Thomas, Neath, Neath Port Talbot west wall of the nave
	St John the Baptist and St John the Evangelist firm/studio: Ward & Hughes about 1870 Church of St John the Baptist, Clydach, Swansea west wall of the nave (window number: wI)
	The Virgin Mary and a Woman Performing Acts of Mercy firm/studio: Ward & Hughes designer: George Measures Parlby about 1889 Church of St Mary, Ruabon, Wrexham north wall of the north aisle
	St Barnabas and St Paul firm/studio: T.F. Curtis, Ward & Hughes designer: T. F. Curtis 1910 Church of St Margaret, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire west end of the north wall
	Virgin and Child with Christ the Good Shepherd firm/studio: T. F. Curtis, Ward & Hughes 1914 Church of St Mary, Pennard, Swansea east wall of the chancel
	The Whole Armour of God firm/studio: T. F. Curtis, Ward & Hughes 1920 Church of All Saints, Oystermouth, Swansea north wall of the nave (window number: nVI)

'Glass Painters 1750–1850 (Part II)' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xiii, no. 2 (1960–1), 404.

J. Knowles, 'Glass-Painters 1750–1850 (Part III)' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xiii, no. 3 (1961–2), 520-1.

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 124.

Martin Harrison, Victorian Stained Glass (London: 1980), pp. 22–3, 36–8, 83–4 and further references.

P. G. B. Binnal, 'Ward and Hughes' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xvi, no. 3 (1979–80), 61–4.