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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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	Signature from Virgin and Child with Christ the Good Shepherd 1914 Church of St Mary, Pennard, Swansea east wall of the chancel
	Signature from St Barnabas and St Paul 1910 Church of St Margaret, Bodelwyddan, Denbighshire west end of the north wall

'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.