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David Evans (1793-1861)

Stained glass artist born at Llanllwchaiarn near Newtown. He was apprenticed to Sir John Betton of Shrewsbury (1765-1849) in 1808, and went into partnership with him from 1815 as Betton & Evans Evans retained the name of the firm following the retirement of Betton in 1825. Examples of Evans' windows in Wales may be found at Penrhyn Castle, Bangor Cathedral and Christ Church, Welshpool. Although work by him at many cathedrals has been replaced, there are several churches in Shrewsbury that boast major works, including the Church of St Julian, where he was churchwarden. His sons Charles and William continued to make stained glass as Evans Brothers.

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Signature from Christ the Good Shepherd with St Peter and St John about 1856 Church of St Tysilio and St Mary, Meifod, Powys east wall of the south aisle

'Glass Painters 1750–1850' Journal of the British Society of Master Glass-Painters, vol. xiii, no. 1 (1959–60), 336–7.

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 72-4.

Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 48.

Martin Harrison, Victorian Stained Glass (London: 1980), pp. 16-17.