St George
detail from St Oswald and St George
1934
Two-light window with standing figures. Both are depicted as military figures, holding banners with the red cross. Oswald is shown crowned, with a large hunting horn. George, in the right-hand light, stands holding a sword piercing the dragon at his feet.
artist: Horace WilkinsonCathedral Church of St John Evangelist, Brecon, Powyssouth wall near the south transept chapel
Signed and dated by the artist.
Text (lower left-hand light): 'Be strong and play the man'. Given in memory of Edward Latham Bevan by the members of the Church of England Men's Society. He was the first bishop of Swansea and Brecon (1923–34) and chairman of the CEMS 1924–34.The imagery borrows from the many First World War memorials of the previous decade. (ObjectID=4596 ImageID=8678) Original File Name=BreconCath_DSC3884_53A.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 25-09-2024
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Show more subjectsA Directory of Stained Glass Windows executed within the past twenty years (London: The British Society of Master Glass-Painters, 1939), p. 92.
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, 2024.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/4596 (accessed 29 December 2024)
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