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The Light of the World

  The Light of the World

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

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1985

Standing figure of Christ conforming to William Holman Hunt's painting, set within a Gothic canopy.



Church of St Mary, Newport, Pembrokeshire
south wall of the chancel

Subtitled 'The People's Window'. It would be a candidate for first prize in any competition to find the worst image deriving from Hunt's painting.


 
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 20-12-2011

 

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References

Thomas Lloyd, Julian Orbach and Robert Scourfield, The Buildings of Wales: Pembrokeshire (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 317.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/762 (accessed 29 March 2024)



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  The Light of the World

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales



 
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