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After Sir Edward Coley Burne-Jones, By Morris & Co., By George Frederick Titcomb, By Arthur Chester Watson
Salvator Mundi - Christ as Love; Christ Blessing Children (Suffer the little Children to come unto me, and forbid them not), stained glass St Mary's church, Betws-y-Coed
enamelled stained glass, lead
1919
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Morris, Marshall, Faulkner & Co. and Morris & Co., Stained Glass
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One of a pair with The Sower, west wall of the south aisle. The same cartoon used at St Martin, Haverfordwest. By 1916 the work of Morris & Co., with John Henry Dearle as chief designer, was repetitive, tending to reuse cartoons, especially those by Burne-Jones. There is no reference to this window in A. Charles Sewter's authoritative The Stained Glass of William Morris and his Circle (Yale UP 1974). The Salvator Mundi figure is not immediately recognizable from the illustrations of Burne-Jones' work in that volume.

The panel depicts the ever-popular "Suffer the little children to come unto me" of Mark 10:14. The Salvator Mundi figure clings to a rugged cross, and the chalice at the foot is a reference to Christ's prayer in Gethsemane, that the cup of suffering would pass from Him, but that nonetheless it was the Father's will that must be done. (Luke 22:42).

26/07/2019
Owner Dates Owned Further Info. and Accession no. circa
St Mary's Church, Betws-y-Coed, Conwy, Wales 1919 - Present
Title Author/Editor Year Page No. & Illustrations Attachments
The Stained Glass of William Morris and His Circle, 2 vols (1974 & 1975 - Catalogue) Albert Charles (A. C.) Sewter 1974
vol II p. 15
The Last Pre-Raphaelite, Edward Burne-Jones and the Victorian Imagination Fiona MacCarthy 2011
Illus pl. XXII between pp. 358-359 and pls. 3, 13, 15, 30, 31, 32, 33 between pp. 486-487 and in the text pp. 71, 192, 203, 238, 256, 268, 329, 371, 425, 439, 449, 466 pp. 1-17, 20-71, 75-122, 124-150, 152-154, 156-168, 170-203, 205, 207-214, 216-232, 234-235, 237-242, 244-249, 251-252, 254-262, 264-272, 274-276, 278-279, 281-307, 309-317, 319-321, 323-351, 354, 357-361, 363-385, 387-390, 395-396, 398-400, 402-416, 418-446, 451-472, 474, 476, 478-481, 483, 485-502, 504-518, 520, 522-523, 525-530, 534, 536


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