Scenes from the Life of David
about 1874, with fragments from about 1500
Four light window with the following subjects: 'David minds his father's sheep', 'Samuel anoints David', 'David slays the lion and bear', 'David slays Goliath', 'David's Covenant with Jonathan', 'David spares Saul's life', 'Mourns for Jonathan's death', 'David pours water unto the Lord'.
Musical angels in four central tracery lights (probably contemporary with the main lights), with medieval fragments in the outer tracery lights. These include the symbols of Luke and Mark, an angel and part of an angel holding a shield.
size: 48 cm (width of each light) [approx]firm/studio: Heaton, Butler & BayneChurch of All Saints, Gresford, Wrexhamsouth wall of the nave (window number: sVIII)
Dedication: 'To the glory of God and in memory of Edward Hunter Townshend who died 9th December 1873 aged 25 years.' (ObjectID=978 ImageID=2488) Original File Name=_MG_5672.jpgRecord added by Charlene Crampin, edited by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 27-04-2018
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Show more subjects Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to Heaton, Butler & BayneFurther readingMostyn Lewis, Stained Glass in North Wales up to 1850 (Altrincham: John Sherratt and Son Ltd, 1970), p. 38.
ReferencesEdward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 172.
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, 2018. (record added by Charlene Crampin)
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