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Christ Carrying the Cross

  Christ Carrying the Cross

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1864

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firm/studio: Clayton & Bell
designer: probably John Richard Clayton

Church of St Mary, Dolgellau, Gwynedd
north wall of the nave

Attributed to J.R. Clayton by William Waters and dated 1864.

A memorial to William White of Glasynfryn, Bangor (died 1858); H. Weir White was Rector of Dolgellau 1831-66, when the church was restored.


The figure is based on John 19:17, which also inspired Station II of the Stations of the Cross.

 
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 02-11-2020

 

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Further reading

William Waters, Angels & Icons: Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass 1850–1870 (Abbots Morton: Serapim Press, 2012), pp. 113–5, 363.

References

Richard Haslam, Julian Orbach and Adam Voelcker, The Buildings of Wales: Gwynedd (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2009), p. 586.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2020. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/551 (accessed 29 March 2024)



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  Christ Carrying the Cross

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