Henry E. Sharp

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Henry E. Sharp
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Henry E. Sharp windows of the "Crucifixion and Four Evangelists" (1872) at St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charleston, South Carolina
Nationality United States
OccupationStained glass maker and manufacturer

Henry E. Sharp was a nineteenth-century American stained glass maker active with William Steele from c.1850 to c.1897. [1]

Sharp established himself with Steele as a glass stainer at offices at 216 Sixth Avenue. [1]

Beyond New York state, Sharp produced created stained glass windows for churches in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maine, Ohio, Nebraska, Minnesota, South Carolina, California, the Virgin Islands and Japan. [2]

Like much of the mid-nineteenth-century American stained glass produced in and around Broadway in Manhattan, the stained glass window designs featured full-length painted figures in ornate Gothic canopies, all executed with rich colors. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Art, Info Panel, #4553
  2. Jennifer Lee Cadero-Gillette, "Henry Sharp in Pre-Opalescent America," Stained Glass Quarterly (Summer 1990), 130-136.
  3. Nick Sambides, "Church contains stained-glass gem," Record-Journal (Meriden, CT), Jan. 6, 1990.
  4. Christ Church archives.
  5. To the Glory of God: Christ Church. Author Davyd Foard Hood, 1997. pp 188-189
  6. A History of Saint Luke's Episcopal Church, Jacksonville, Alabama, 1844-1994. Author, Ronald J. Caldwell, p. 63