Design for Stained Glass Window with Figures of Faith, Hope, Charity, Justice and Truth

File / Documentation

Name

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Size

2.19 MB

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JPEG

Checksum (MD5)

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Creator(s)

artist: Charles J. Connick (American, 1875-1945)

Time period

creation date: 1920

Location

Installation location: window based on design in Episcopal Church of St. John the Evangelist (Hingham, Massachusetts, United States)

Cultural context

American

Description

Design for stained glass window opposite chancel, Saint John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, Hingham, Mass. // INSCRIPTIONS: [left panel top:] Great and marvellous are thy works Lord God Almighty / Just and true are thy ways[left panel bottom:] He shall show forth that which he hath learned, and shall glory in the law of the covenant of the Lord / [middle left panel top:] This is the victory that overcometh the world even our faith / [bottom center main panel:] her ways are ways of gentlness [sic] and there be kindness and meekness and comfort in her tongue / [middle right main panel, top:] Happy is he whose hope is in the Lord / [right main panel, top] Veritas / When he the spirit of truth shall come he shall guide you into all truth / [on pages of book:] And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free / [bottom of right main panel] The law of truth was in his mouth / and iniquity was not found in his lips / he walked with me in peace and equity / / [memorial dedication, bottom of 3 middle panels:] In memory of / Born July 3 1833 . Sophia Bradford Thayer . Died January 24 1914 / Born January 15 1831 . James Bradley Thayer . Died February 14 1902 // VERSO LABEL: Mrs. E R Thayer Window. / Hingham. Mass. / Figures. Justice.Faith.Hope.Charity.Truth.

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Work type

Study (visual work)

Medium

charcoal

cardboard

paint

Keywords

Anchors (Watercraft equipment)

Animals

Books

Charity