Christ with Children
1893
Three-light window with the outer lights mainly of quarries, some of which are medieval, with a few other medieval fragments. The central light depicts the seated figure of Christ with three children, and further quarries above and below.
firm/studio: James Powell & Sonsartist: Christopher WhallChurch of St Cynfarch and St Mary, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshiresouth wall of the south nave (window number: sV)
As well as designing the window, Christopher Whall closely supervised its manufacture and painted some of the window himself.
Text: 'He shall gather the Lambs with His arm' (Isaiah 40:11).
Dedication: 'To the memory of Helen Louisa Gertrude infant daughter of Basil M. Jones MA Vicar of this parish and Emily his wife June 13 1890.' (ObjectID=2079 ImageID=4998) Original File Name=_MG_7067.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 09-11-2020
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Show more subjectsMostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), p. 61.
Peter Cormack, Arts and Crafts Stained Glass (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2015), p. 79.
Peter Cormack, The Stained Glass Work of Christopher Whall 1849–1924 'Aglow with Brave Resplendent Colour' (Boston: Charles J. Connick Stained Glass Foundation and Trustees of Boston Publie Library, 1999), p. 16.
ReferencesMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 175.
Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 206.
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, 2020.
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