Christ Blessing Children and Christ the Good Shepherd

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about 1860 Two-light window of (left) Christ with children and (right) the Good Shepherd. Set in decorative borders with an angel above. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Alexander Gibbs Church of St Cwyfan, Llangwyfan, Denbighshire east wall of the chancel Signed: 'A. Gibbs, Bedford Sq. London'. Dedication: 'To the glory of God and to the memory of Edmund Blundell Williams, born March 19th A.D. 1844, interred at Llanganhafal December 13th A.D. 1853'. The artist was operating from Bedford Square from 1858, suggesting a date no earlier than this.  (ObjectID=4425 ImageID=8294) Original File Name=P7071232.jpeg

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• Christ as Good Shepherd  [John 10:1-18]
• Christ blessing children brought by their mothers  [Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17]
• the lost sheep sought and found by the shepherd - parable of the good shepherd  [Matthew 18:12-14; Luke 15:4-7]

Edward Hubbard, The Buildings of Wales: Clwyd (Harmondsworth/Cardiff: Penguin/University of Wales Press, 1986), p. 225.

D. R. Thomas, The History of the Diocese of St Asaph (Oswestry: Caxton Press, 1908-1913), vol. II, p. 39.

Photo © Peter Jones