St George and St David with the Crown of Life

  St George and St David with the Crown of Life

Photo © Martin Crampin

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1921
Three-light window with standing figures of George and David at either side of Christ who holds the crown of life for a kneeling knight in armour. Family heraldry and David cutting off Goliath's head with a sword in the upper lights.

technique: stained glass

firm/studio: William Aikman

Church of St Pedrog, Llanbedrog, Gwynedd
south wall of the nave

Given in memory of David Henry George Manley, killed at Tel Khuweilfeh in 1917, by the incumbent Revd Henry Jones Manley and Mrs Manley. Revd Manley also supervised the design and execution of the work.




 

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Further reading

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 190, 192.

References

Gladys M. Rees, Praise: A Book of Verse (London: The Sheldon Press, 1936), p. 12.




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  St George and St David with the Crown of Life

Photo © Martin Crampin


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