Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and St John

  Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and St John

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales

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1865
Five-light window with Mary and John at either side of the crucified Christ in the central three lights.

technique: stained glass

designer: John Pollard Seddon
firm/studio: Clayton & Bell

Christ College Chapel, Brecon, Powys
east wall of the chancel

An unusual work for the time by Clayton & Bell, using much clear and pale glass to allow light into the church.




 

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References

Martin Harrison, Victorian Stained Glass (London: 1980), plate 16.

Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 442.

William Waters, Angels & Icons: Pre-Raphaelite Stained Glass 1850–1870 (Abbots Morton: Serapim Press, 2012), p. 363.




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  Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and St John

Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales


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