Faith, Hope and Charity
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about 1850
Three-light window. Faith and Hope are depicted as female figures, both holding books and with their usual cross and anchor. The central light depicts the parable of the Good Samaritan. Surrounded by decorative foliage, with a figure of Christ with arms outstretched in the tracery.
artist: Charles Alexander GibbsChurch of St Beuno, Aberffraw, Angleseyeast wall of the north aisle
Signed C.A. Gibbs Artist London NW. Charles Sewter mentions the window as an example of the artist's 'strikingly original colour schemes'.
Given in memory of Owen Roberts of Bwlan, died 30 December 1849.In depicting the virtues Faith, Hope and Charity, the centre light depicts charity as the Samaritan tending the wounded man, as others pass by. For an example of Faith and Hope either side of Charity, or Love, in the form of Christ, see the window at Victoria Road United Reformed Church, Newport. (ObjectID=1471 ImageID=2809) Original File Name=_MG_7649.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 15-03-2013
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Show more subjectsMostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), p. 25.
ReferencesMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 81.
A. Charles Sewter, The Stained Glass of William Morris and his Circle (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1974), p. 12.
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2013.
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