Henry E. Sharp

Henry E. Sharp
Henry E. Sharp windows of the "Crucifixion and Four Evangelists" (1872) at St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charleston, South Carolina
Nationality	USA
Occupation	Stained 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]

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]

List of works

• Windows (1867–1868) at St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Brooklyn, New York (Renwick & Sands), now the gymnasium of Packer Collegiate Institute; the window "Faith and Hope" was donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art and is on permanent display in the American Wing.^[1]
• Windows (1872) at St. Matthew's German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Charleston, South Carolina. The Henry E. Sharp chancel windows survived the church fire of January 13, 1965.
• Windows (1878) at St. Mary's Episcopal Church in Green Cove Springs, Florida.
• Altar Windows (1868) and Good Shepherd Window (1872) at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Hillsborough, North Carolina.

References

1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Art, Info Panel, #4553