Portrait of Mary Powell
detail from Scenes with Christ and St Mary Magdalene
about 1874
Two-light window. In the left-hand light Christ is shown seated with Mary Magdalene listening at his feet as Martha serves. The right-hand light shows Mary washing Christ's feet as he sits at the table.
size: 56 cm (width of each light)firm/studio: Charles Alexander GibbsChurch of St Llwchaiarn, Llanllwchaiarn, Powysnorth wall of the nave
Signed by the firm.
Dedication: 'To the glory of God and in loving remembrance of Mary wife of Evan Powell of Severnside in this parish. Born February 9th 1847 died July 5th 1874.' A winged figure above holds the text 'Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord', and the figure surely bears the portrait of Mary Powell. (ObjectID=4536 ImageID=8522) Original File Name=Llanllwchaiarn_DSC7936A.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-05-2014
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Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to Charles Alexander GibbsFurther readingH. N. Oliver, Llanllwchaiarn Church and Parish (2001), pp. 66-7.
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.
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