Our Lady of Ireland
about 1958
Panel depicting the Virgin and Child with a colourful background of blues reds and purples.
artist: Richard KingChurch of the Holy Cross, Aberaeron, CeredigionThe window is signed by the artist.
The building re-opened as Catholic Church in 1958, and the window was probably given to the church by the artist, soon after. One of two windows by the Irish artist on the Ceredigion coast, the artist titled it Our Lady of Ireland.
A similar window of the Virgin & Child by the artist has recently been identified at Macroom, Co. Cork. (ObjectID=970 ImageID=5746) Original File Name=Aberaeron-RichardKing_DSC3978-71A.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 24-03-2021
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Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to Richard KingFurther readingRuth Sheehy, The Life and Work of Richard King: Religion, Nationalism and Modernism (Oxford: Peter Lang, 2020), pp. 244–5.
Finola Finlay, Stained Glass Detectives – and a Find! (2021).
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, 2021.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/970 (accessed 22 November 2024)
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 Photo © Martin Crampin
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