Pelican in Her Piety
detail from Christ Blessing the Children

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales larger image

1938 Two-light window showing Christ blessing the children and a woman bringing a child to Christ in the left hand light, set in a landscape with vines growing behind. Below the main scene, two panels show women teaching children. The upper part of the window, only visible from the gallery, shows the Pelican feeding her young. technique: stained glass firm/studio: Powell & Sons (Whitefriars) Ltd designer: Ernest Penwarden artist: A. F. Erridge Tredegarville Baptist Church, Cardiff side wall The window is signed by the firm with their cowled monk. Text: 'Suffer the little children to come unto me' (Mark 10:14). Dedication: 'In happy memory of Hopkin (1836-1893) and Elizabeth Jane Williams (1847-1937). The panels below possibly depict Hannah teaching Samuel to read and Elizabeth teaching the boy John the Baptist.  (ObjectID=798 ImageID=1466) Original File Name=_MG_3188.jpg

This artwork is indexed under the following main subject(s):
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• Christ blessing children brought by their mothers  [Matthew 19:13-15; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17]
• Pelican in her Piety 

Martin O'Kane, 'Biblical Art from Wales: From Text to Image' (Sheffield: Sheffield Phoenix Press, 2010), p. 66.

John Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 304.

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales