Christ Carrying the Cross

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1864 Single-light window. technique: stained glass 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.  (ObjectID=551 ImageID=1228) Original File Name=DSCN5895.jpg

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• carrying of the cross: Christ bearing the cross, alone or with the help of others  [Matthew 27:31-33; Mark 15:20-22; Luke 23:26-33; John 19:17]

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

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

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales