St Michael

  St Michael

Photo © Martin Crampin

Showing the three stepped east windows and vaulting. Traces of paint from the medieval scheme have been conserved.

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1876
Winged figure of Michael in the larger, central, light of a three-light window. Michale is depicted with a sword and shield, standing over the vanquished dragon.

technique: stained glass

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

Priory Church of St Michael, Ewenny, Vale of Glamorgan
east wall of the presbytery

Another version of the same cartoon can be found in the Stained Glass Museum, Ely. Also dated 1876, it was originally the east window of the Church of St Michael and All Angels, Weybridge, Surrey, and demonstrates a higher quality of paintwork.




 

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