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Black and white photo of Judgement Day window, from St-Etienne Church. On the reverse (addressed to JA Knowles), is 'Viewing glass here is a duty/and some glass here has its beauty/here on some day we might confer/For the present adieu dear Sir'. Drawn face/caricature for signature? Postmarked 29 September. French.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Postcard

Black and white image of a stained glass light depicting King Alfred, from St Hugh's School Bickley. Reverse contains a note addressed to JA Knowles 'Mr J Clement Bell acknowledges with thanks the receipt of his notes on the stained glass in Alsace'. Postmarked 23 April 1931.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
PHO/5/206 · Item · 1932
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Labelled 'Chair Henry VIII Period. Greenwood's Stonegate York, 1932'. Shows a Tudor chair at W.F. Greenwood & Sons, Stonegate, 1932. There is a line of paint on the reflective side of the plate, which seems to delineate where the floor meets the backdrop. Glass plate negative.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)
Postcard

Black and white photo of stained glass window from Saint-Sulpice. On reverse is a note from Jean Lafoud(?) thanking JA Knowles for gift of paper on the West window of St Martin Coney St, giving new address in Paris and inviting JA to stay when next in Paris. Dated July 17th 1953.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)

Includes original black and white and colour designs for stained glass windows, war memorials and church fittings carried out by J W Knowles & Son, as well as photographs of glass panels. Many of the designs have been mounted onto card and are captioned. Housed in a large binder.

Knowles; John Ward (1838-1931)