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The Ascension of Elijah
detail from The Ascension with the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Resurrection

  The Ascension of Elijah    detail from    The Ascension with the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Resurrection

Photo © Martin Crampin, Friends of Friendless Churches

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1869

Three-light window. Three main scenes depict (from left to right) Mary and Joseph with the infant Christ adored by shepherds with angels above; Christ ascending with angels and four disciples clustered together below; the risen Christ holding a cross with soldiers below and angels above. Further panels below each scene depict (left to right) Pharaoh's daughter finding Moses, the ascension of Elijah and Elijah raising the widow's son.


firm/studio: James Powell & Sons
designer: Harry Ellis Wooldridge

Church of St Mary, Derwen, Denbighshire
south wall of the chancel

Given by Robert Wynn in memory of his parents in 1869.


 
Record added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 28-08-2014

 

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Further reading

William Waters, Damozels and Deities: Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass 1870–1898 (Abbots Morton: Seraphim, 2017), p. 262.

References

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 124.

D. R. Thomas, The History of the Diocese of St Asaph (Oswestry: Caxton Press, 1908-1913), vol. II, p. 72.


 

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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2014.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/2098 (accessed 3 December 2024)



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  The Ascension of Elijah    detail from    The Ascension with the Adoration of the Shepherds and the Resurrection

Photo © Martin Crampin, Friends of Friendless Churches



 
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