Robbers Lying in Wait for the Traveller
detail from The Good Samaritan

  Robbers Lying in Wait for the Traveller    detail from    The Good Samaritan

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

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about 1898
Four-light window with an unusually comprehensive representation of the parable, with four scenes from the parable below standing figures representing the traveller, the levite, the priest and the Samaritan.

technique: stained glass

firm/studio: Clayton & Bell

Church of St Giles, Wrexham
north wall of the north aisle

The style of the window is strongly reminiscent of Clayton & Bell, who were also responsible for the west window of 1895.

Given in memory of Sarah Langford (died 1854) and Sarah Langford Poyser (died 1898) by Charlotte Ada Poyser..





 

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Further reading

Malcolm Seaborne, St Giles' Parish Church Stained Glass (Wrexham: 1998).




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  Robbers Lying in Wait for the Traveller    detail from    The Good Samaritan

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales


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