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St George

  St George

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1919

Single-light window. The standing, armoured, figure of George stands with a broken lance in his hand with the dead dragon slumped below. Landscape behind, a path winding away in the background.


artist (after): Andrea Mantegna

Christ Church, Welshpool, Powys
east wall of the south aisle

Closely modelled on the painting of St George by Andrea Mantegna of about 1460, now in the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice.

Given in memory of Percy Robert, Viscount Clive (1892-1916), a captain in the Welsh Guards, who died in the First World War.



 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 13-12-2011

 

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References

Roger Lee Brown, Christ Church Welshpool: A history and guide (1996), p. 14.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/4126 (accessed 7 November 2024)


 

  St George

Photo © Martin Crampin. Courtesy: Private Owners



 
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