Faith and Charity

  Faith and Charity

Photo © Martin Crampin

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1911
Two-light window with standing female figures. Faith stands holding a cross and a book, and Charity holds and child and looks down at another woman supporting a sick person.

'Hope' is represented in the quatrefoil above with child angels and the anchor of hope.

technique: stained glass
size: 51 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: James Powell & Sons
designer: Ernest Penwarden

Church of St John, Porthmadog, Gwynedd
west wall of the north aisle

Given in memory of Martha Percival (died 1911) by her husband F. S. Percival.

The angels above have little tongues of fire on their heads, suggesting that they may be intended to be seraphim.



 

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