The Great Sacrifice
Photo © Martin Crampin, Imaging the Bible in Wales
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1916
Three-light window with a scene in the centre, extending into the outer lights, with a decorative border. Christ is depicted on the cross with a dead soldier below, on the battlefield. His hand is placed on the feet of Christ.
artist: James ClarkChurch of St Margaret, Mountain Ash, Rhondda Cynon Taffnorth wall of the nave
The window was given by Henry Campbell, second baron Aberdare, and his wife Mary Constance in memory of their son Captain Hon. Henry Lyndhurst Bruce, Royal Scots, killed 14 December 1914.The scene is a version of James Clark's painting The Great Sacrifice. Painted in 1914, it offered an association with the sacrifice of those who gave their lives in the Great War and the sacrifice of Christ for all on the cross. Reproduced in The Graphic, it became an instant success and was widely reproduced. Clark's image was also copied by other stained glass studios, such as Jones & Willis. (ObjectID=1187 ImageID=2407) Original File Name=_MG_8416.jpgRecord added by Martin Crampin. Last updated on 21-11-2023
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Show more subjectsMartin Crampin, Stained Glass from Welsh Churches (Talybont: Y Lolfa, 2014), pp. 200-1.
The Parish of Mountain Ash: An Illustrated Guide (c. 1990 (second edition)), p 23.
ReferencesJohn Newman, The Buildings of Wales: Glamorgan (London/Cardiff: 1995), p. 452.
Click to show suggested citation for this recordMartin Crampin (ed.), Stained Glass in Wales Catalogue, University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth, 2023.
https://stainedglass.delweddau.cymru/object/1187 (accessed 6 September 2025)
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