Virgin and Child with St Elizabeth, St John the Baptist and Zacharias
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
about 1910
Three-light window. Central light depicts the Virgin and Child who raises his hand in blessing. The left-hand light depicts Elizabeth with her infant son, John the Baptist, who looks up adoringly at the Christ-child. Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, is depicted in the right-hand light in the robes of his priestly office.
size: 180 cm (width) [approx]
artist: Thomas Erat Harrison
Church of St John the Baptist, Newport
east wall of the south aisle (Lady Chapel)
Given in memory of Maud Elizabeth Manville, the second daughter of Colonel and Mrs Wallis, by her brothers and sisters.
Three-light window. Central light depicts the Virgin and Child who raises his hand in blessing. The left-hand light depicts Elizabeth with her infant son, John the Baptist, who looks up adoringly at the Christ-child. Zacharias, the father of John the Baptist, is depicted in the right-hand light in the robes of his priestly office.
size: 180 cm (width) [approx]
artist: Thomas Erat Harrison
Church of St John the Baptist, Newport
east wall of the south aisle (Lady Chapel)
Given in memory of Maud Elizabeth Manville, the second daughter of Colonel and Mrs Wallis, by her brothers and sisters.
Record added by Martin Crampin, Additional contribution by John Morgan-Guy. Last updated on 14-12-2011
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- Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist
- Madonna: Mary standing (or half-length), Christ-child close to her bosom
- St John the Baptist as a child
- Zacharias, father of John the Baptist
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Further reading
Donald Curtis, The Stained Glass of the parish church of St. John the Baptist, Newport, Monmouthshire (1957), p.6.
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Gwent/Monmouthshire (London/Cardiff: 2000), p. 429.
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Martin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2011. (with a contribution by John Morgan-Guy)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/523 (accessed 29 December 2024)
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/523 (accessed 29 December 2024)
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