Hendra & Harper

The Harpenden studio of Hendra & Harper is most closely associated with the work of Hugh Easton, producing all his greatest windows, including his famous Battle of Britain window in Westminster Abbey.

The two partners, Robert Leslie Hendra (1912-1968) and Geoffrey Felix Harper (1913-66) first met in at Easton’s London studio. Hendra had trained with Martin Travers and started working for Easton in the early 1930s. While Harper joined later in 1935 following his initial training in stained glass at John Hardman &Co.

Following the war, and with encouragement from Easton, they formed a partnership with a studio in Harpenden, making all Easton’s windows along with the partners’ own stained glass, engraved glass, painted ceilings, and murals.

Source: A Life in Glass – Portrait of a Stained Glass Artist – The life and work of Geoffrey Felix Harper by Francesca Stevens (2018)