Queen Victoria Before Christ
detail from Christ Receiving Queen Victoria with Angels
about 1901
Three-light window with Victoria kneeling before Christ, whose hand is raised in blessing. Surrounded by angels, some of whom hold musical instruments. In two hexafoils above, Christ holds out the crown of life opposite the coronation of Queen Victoria.
firm/studio: T.F. Curtis, Ward & HughesChurch of St Seiriol, Penmaenmawr, Conwywest wall of the nave
Given in memory of Queen Victoria.
Angels in the left-hand light hold the text from the Beatitudes 'Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God' (Matthew 5:8). In the uppermost cinquefoil angels hold the text from Revelation: 'Be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life' (2:10). The text is repeated in the upper quartrefoil of the war memorial in the north wall of the nave. (ObjectID=1998 ImageID=4737) Original File Name=_MG_2124A.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011
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Show more subjectsMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 163.
ReferencesRichard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 487.
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, 2011.
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