Francis Eginton

For his nephew, the engraver, see Francis Eginton (engraver).
Francis Eginton
Born1737 Edit this on Wikidata
Died1805 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 67–68)
East window of St Paul's Church, Birmingham, Birmingham (1791).

Francis Eginton (1737–1805),[1] sometimes spelled Egginton, was an English glass painter.[2] He painted windows for cathedrals, churches, chapels and stately homes, etc., around the country, leaving 50 large works altogether; his work was also exported abroad. His masterpiece is The Conversion of St. Paul, for the east window of St Paul's Church, Birmingham. He also developed a method for reproducing paintings mechanically.

  1. ^ "Francis Eginton". Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery.
  2. ^ Harries, John; Hicks, Carola (2008). Discovering Stained Glass. Osprey Publishing. p. 73.