Figures from the Bible and Saints

  Figures from the Bible and Saints

Photo © Martin Crampin

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1883
The sanctuary windows comprise five three-light windows with standing figures. The figures, from left to right, are Noah, Abraham with Isaac, Moses, Isaiah, David, John the Baptist, Christ flanked by Mary and John, Mary Magdalene, Peter, Stephen, and the Welsh saints Llure, David and Afan. The windows also include family heraldry and inscriptions below, and the instruments of the Passion above.

technique: stained glass
size: 35 cm (width of each light)
firm/studio: C.E. Kempe

Church of All Saints, Newbridge-on-Wye
sanctuary apse

Given in memory of the Venables family. Most of the figures were installed in 1883 although the central window was installed last, in 1885.

Some figures were reused cartoons by Wyndham Hope Hughes from Holy Trinity, Stirling, reconfigured in these windows with newer designs that Adrian Barlow attributes to Kempe's chief designer of the 1880s, John Carter.





 

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Isaiah, David and John the BaptistIsaiah: Isaiah, David and John the BaptistKing David: Isaiah, David and John the BaptistSt John the Baptist: Isaiah, David and John the BaptistChrist with the Virgin Mary and St JohnChrist with the Virgin Mary and St JohnSt Llyr, St David and St AfanSt Llyr: St Llyr, St David and St AfanSt David: St Llyr, St David and St AfanSt Afan: St Llyr, St David and St AfanNoah, Abraham and MosesNoah: Noah, Abraham and MosesAbraham and Isaac: Noah, Abraham and MosesMoses: Noah, Abraham and MosesTracery Lights: Noah, Abraham and MosesSt Mary Magdalene, St Peter and St StephenSt Mary Magdalene, St Peter and St Stephen

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Further reading

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 134.

Robert Scourfield and Richard Haslam, The Buildings of Wales: Powys (New Haven/London: Yale University Press, 2013), p. 378.

Adrian Barlow, Espying Heaven: The Stained Glass of Charles Eamer Kempe and his Artists (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2019), pp. 18, 20–1.

Adrian Barlow, Kempe: The Life, Art and Legacy of Charles Eamer Kempe (Cambridge: Lutterworth Press, 2018), pp. 70, 76–80.

References

Martin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), p. 134.




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  Figures from the Bible and Saints

Photo © Martin Crampin


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