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St David and St George

  St David and St George

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1923

Two single-light windows with standing figures. David is dressed as a bishop, holding a crosier (sII), while George stands in armour, holding a sword, with a child standing at his side (sIV).

size: 48 cm (width of each light)
artist: M. D. Spooner

Church of St David, Bangor, Gwynedd
east wall of the Lady Chapel (window number: sIII, sIV)

Signed and dated 1923. The joining of the initials has given rise to mis-readings of the artist's name.


 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 25-05-2018

 

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References

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 194.

'The Lowndes & Drury Archive' The Journal of Stained Glass, vol. xli (2017), 198.

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 244.

Martin Crampin, Depicting St David (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2020), p. 36.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2018.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/4715 (accessed 18 April 2024)


 

  St David and St George

Photo © Martin Crampin



 
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