Bryans, Herbert

Herbert William Bryans 1855-1925. A student of, and designer for CE Kempe before starting his own business in 1897.

Herbert William Bryans 1855-1925. A student of, and designer for CE Kempe before starting his own business in 1897.

Apprentices to Clayton & Bell ⓘ, with the help of the architect George Bodley, John Burlison (1843–91) and Thomas Grylls (1845–1913) started their own company in 1868.

Born at 11 Bennetts Hill on August 28 1833. Edward Coley Jones was raised by his father a frame maker and gilder, and lived for the first 20 years of his life in Birmingham.
Monument to Canon Hodge Mill (d1853), Professor of Hebrew Cambridge University.

Sir Francis Chantrey (1781–1841) was one of the leading British sculptors of the late Georgian and early Victorian periods, renowned for his portrait sculpture, funerary monuments, and public memorials. Trained initially as a woodcarver before studying sculpture in London, Chantrey developed a distinctive style that combined classical restraint with a direct and naturalistic observation of character.
The life size figure, by William Behnes ⓘ, is that of Charlotte's son. Charlotte Botfield died in 1825.
Monument to Charlotte Elizabeth Digby (d1820) by Francis Leggatt Chantrey. Charlotte Digby was the wife of William Digby, prebendary of Worcester Cathedral.
Julien Fournier stained glass at Cheverney
A devotional single-light window of the 1860s by Heaton, Butler & Bayne, depicting Christ blessing the children, a subject drawn from the Gospel narratives and closely associated with themes of innocence, vulnerability, and parental trust.

The company was found in 1855 by John Clayton (1827-1913) and Alfred Bell (1832-95) and continued making stained glass until 1993.
Clayton and Bell’s designs were initially manufactured by Heaton and Butler, with whom they shared a studio between 1859 and 1862. Robert Turnill Bayne, a Pre-Raphaelite artist, was originally employed as a designer with Clayton and Bell. Then in 1862, Baynes joined the firm of Heaton, and Butler, and Clayton and Bell began to manufacturer their own glass.