Alfred L. Wilkinson (1899-1983)
Stained glass designer. The son of Horace Wilkinson, also an artist working in stained glass, he trained at St Martin's School of Art in London before working with his father from 1920 until 1939 in London. Alfred Wilkinson was subsequently based at several addresses in London, Hertfordshire and Essex, and also designed for G. King & Son of Norwich. He served as Honorary Seceretary of the British Society of Master Glass Painters in the 1950s.
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Signatures and maker's marks
| Signature from St David and St Cynwyl 1939 Church of St Cynwyl, Aberporth, Ceredigion south wall of the sanctuary |
Further reading
Joyce Little, Stained Glass Marks and Monograms (London: National Association of Decorative and Fine Art Societies, 2002), p. 129.
User contributed comments
My great aunt has recorded "While in London Dorothy and I met Alfred Wilkinson and saw his Design Studio and also the workshop of stained glass. Later, we visited an old church in Billingsgate "St. Magnus The Martyr" in which some of the windows from Alfred's works had newly replaced windows damaged in the war. They were circular and depicted a working man's trade - or union such as carpenter and cooper."
Also I have a scanned copy of a Christmas card sent by A.J.C. Gormley, Chariman and... Show full comment
Submitted by: Sue Clayton (2016-07-25 22:42:00)
Editor's response: thanks for this detail on A.L. Wilkinson. To clarify, the Nativity window at St Stephen's in Norwich was made by Wilkinson, see http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichstephen/norwichstephen.htm
The windows in the church of St Magnus the Martyr, Lower Thames Street in the City of London show the arms of the Worshipful Companies of Fishmongers, Plumbers and Coopers together with those of William Wand when Bishop of London and Geoffrey Fisher when Archbishop of Canterbury as well as the badge of the Fraternity of Our Lady de Salve Regina.
Submitted by: Michael Cooper (2017-09-30 22:31:24)
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He wrote "Two years ago I sent my friends in the pharmaceutical trade a Christmas Card illustrating some of the beautiful stained glass in the Cathedral at Chartres. So many of you seemed to like that card that I have been encouraged to send my greetings in the same form once again.
This year, however, I have chosen a fine example of modern English glass from St. Stephen's church, Norwich, As the light streams through the window it seems almost to bring to life the scene of that first Christmas at Bethleham. At the foot is an inscription, the age-old Christmas message which I would echo as my sincere greeting to you - "Peace on earth, goodwill to men".