Peter's Liberation from Prison
detail from St Stephen and St Peter
about 1870
Two-light window with standing figures, above scenes of the stoning of Stephen and an angel leading Peter from prison. An angel is found in the upper tracery light.
size: 56 cm (width of each light)firm/studio: Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co.designer: William Morrisdesigner: Edward Coley Burne-Jonesdesigner: Ford Madox BrownChurch of St Llwchaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn, Powyssouth wall of the nave
The same figure of Stephen, designed by Edward Burne-Jones, is included in one of the windows by the firm at Llandaff Cathedral, as well as several other churches (first used at Bradford Cathedral in 1864). The scene below is also to the design of Burne-Jones. The figure of Peter is by William Morris, while the scene below is by Ford Madox Brown, and is the only surviving version of this design. (ObjectID=1472 ImageID=8505) Original File Name=Llanllwchaiarn_DSC7946A.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 14-05-2014
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Show more subjectsMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 122.
A. Charles Sewter, The Stained Glass of William Morris and his Circle (New Haven; London: Yale University Press, 1974), plates 320 and 321.
H. N. Oliver, Llanllwchaiarn Church and Parish (2001), pp. 65–6.
ReferencesRobert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 178.
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, 2014.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1472 (accessed 21 November 2024)
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