EVANS
,
DAVID
(
1793
-
1861
),
glass stainer
;
chr.
21 April 1793
at
Llanllwchaiarn, Mont.
, the son of
David
and
Mary
Evans
. He was apprenticed to
(
Sir
)
J.
Betton
of
Shrewsbury
, with whom he entered into partnership in
1815
. The windows of
Hawkstone Park
,
Salop
, which were done in elaborate design, were the work of
Evans
. During the years
1822-28
extensive restorations to the windows of
Winchester College chapel
were carried out by the firm of
Evans and Betton
. Their work, particularly on the great east window, the gift of
William
of
Wykeham
, was considered a notable achievement as a specimen of close imitation of the ancient painted glass. Other work by
Evans
includes the restoration of the east window (dating from
c.
1445
) in
Ludlow church
and windows in
Lincoln cathedral
and in the
Abbey church
,
Shrewsbury
.
Evans
d. at
Shrewsbury
on
17 Nov. 1861
.
Bibliography:
-
National Library of Wales Manuscript
9257;
-
The Records of the Diocese of Saint Asaph in
the National Library of Wales
in N.L.W.;
-
Notable Welshmen (1700–1900)
,
1908
, 271;
-
H. Pidgeon
,
Memorials of Shrewsbury, being a concise
description of the town and its environs. Adapted as a
general guide ..
, Shrewsbury, 1837
,
1837
, 204;
-
J. D. le Couteur
,
Ancient glass in Winchester
,
Winchester, 1920
,
1920
, 69-71;
-
Hugh Owen
and
John Blakeway
,
A History of Shrewsbury
, London,
1825
,
1825
, v, 2, 81;
-
S. Redgrave
,
A Dictionary of Artists of the English
School
, London, 1878
,
1878
, 145.
Author:
Miss Mary Gwyneth Lewis, (1912-99), Aberystwyth
