Children with Guardian Angels
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1902
Two-light window with standing figures of angels, one cradling an infant and the other with a child standing alongside.
size: 45 cm (width of each light)artist: Henry HolidayChurch of St Matthew, Buckley, Flintshirewest window of baptistry
Text: 'C.G. Matri. Filia A.W.' Given in memory of Catherine Gladstone (1812-1900), dedicated in 1902 by her daughter Alice Wickham.The standing child bears a palm frond, normally the symbol of martyrdom. The second angel carries a babe in arms. The reference would seem to be to the Holy Guardian Angels. (ObjectID=93 ImageID=756) Original File Name=_MG_1128.jpgRecord added by Charlene Crampin, edited by Martin Crampin. Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 29-12-2017
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Click here for other works at this siteClick here for other works connected to Henry HolidayFurther readingMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 170-72.
J. Clifford Jones, Buckley Parish Church 1822-1972 (Buckley: Buckley St Matthew's Churchwardens and Parochial Church Council, 1974), p. 42.
ReferencesMalcolm Seaborne, Victorian and Later Stained Glass Windows in Flintshire Churches (Mold: 1996), p. 11.
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, 2017. (record added by Charlene Crampin, with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
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