Elijah Challenges the People of Israel
detail from Elijah Challenges the People of Israel and the Judgement of Solomon
1909
Four-light window with two main scenes. In the left-hand lights of the window Elijah addresses a small crowd on Mount Carmel, while in the right-hand lights of the window Solomon, enthroned, judges between the two women who claim the child. Four scenes with female figures below, symbolising law, justice, mercy and faith.
firm/studio: James Powell & Sonsdesigner: Gerald P. HutchinsonChurch of St Eurgain and St Peter, Northop, Flintshirewest wall of the nave
From designs by Hutchinson, Mann and James Hogan.
Texts: 'How long halt ye between two opinions' (1 Kings 18:21); 'Give her the living child she is the mother thereof' (1 King 3:27). Text in the tracery: 'Be strong and of a good courage' (a phrase repeated three times in both Deuteronomy 31 and Joshua 1) (ObjectID=2149 ImageID=5278) Original File Name=Northop_DSC2974.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011
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Show more subjects Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to James Powell & SonsClick here for other works connected to Gerald P. HutchinsonReferencesEdward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 407.
Malcolm Seaborne, Victorian and Later Stained Glass Windows in Flintshire Churches (Mold: 1996), p. 15.
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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