Child Angel
detail from The Good Shepherd
about 1910
Three-light window. A shepherd carries a lamb on his shoulders, with sheep grazing and angels holding texts at either side.
size: 44 cm (width of each light)artist: Henry HolidayChurch of St Matthew, Buckley, Flintshirewest wall of the north aisle
Text: 'He shall feed his flocks. He shall gather the lambs with his arm.' (Isaiah 40:11).
Dedication: 'Given by his wife and daughter in blessed memory of Harry Drew Shepherd of Souls: Laus Deo'. Harry Drew (died 1910), the son-in-law of William Gladstone, was vicar of Buckley, and oversaw the rebuilding of the church between 1897 and 1905.The image of the shepherd here follows closely upon the verse from Isaiah carried by the child angel. (ObjectID=89 ImageID=770) Original File Name=Buckley_DSC4247-71A.jpgRecord added by Charlene Crampin, edited by Martin Crampin. Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 20-12-2011
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Show more subjectsJ. Clifford Jones, Buckley Parish Church 1822-1972 (Buckley: Buckley St Matthew's Churchwardens and Parochial Church Council, 1974), p. 43.
Martin O'Kane, 'Biblical Art from Wales: From Text to Image' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), pp. 62-3.
ReferencesMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 171.
Malcolm Seaborne, Victorian and Later Stained Glass Windows in Flintshire Churches (Mold: 1996), p. 11.
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. (record added by Charlene Crampin, with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
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