.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
.jpg?w=1)
PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. THOMAS CHUA
THE CHURCH GLASS AND DECORATING COMPANY
'Whence Cometh My Help' Landscape Window from the Church of the Unity, Springfield, Massachusetts, circa 1902
Details
THE CHURCH GLASS AND DECORATING COMPANY
'Whence Cometh My Help' Landscape Window from the Church of the Unity, Springfield, Massachusetts, circa 1902
commissioned by Russell Sturgis Foot (1869-1924) in memory of his grandparents Homer and Delia Foot
leaded and plated glass
100 1⁄2 in. (255.2 cm) high, 54 3⁄4 in. (139 cm) wide (sight)
with faint inscription I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord which made heaven and earth. In loving Memory of Homer Foot, born July 27, 1810 and died April 6, 1898 and his wife Delia Dwight Foot, born May 19, 1814 and died May 27, 1897
'Whence Cometh My Help' Landscape Window from the Church of the Unity, Springfield, Massachusetts, circa 1902
commissioned by Russell Sturgis Foot (1869-1924) in memory of his grandparents Homer and Delia Foot
leaded and plated glass
100 1⁄2 in. (255.2 cm) high, 54 3⁄4 in. (139 cm) wide (sight)
with faint inscription I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. My help comes from the Lord which made heaven and earth. In loving Memory of Homer Foot, born July 27, 1810 and died April 6, 1898 and his wife Delia Dwight Foot, born May 19, 1814 and died May 27, 1897
Provenance
Church of the Unity, Springfield, Massachusetts, until 1961
Lillian Nassau, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, August 1978
Lillian Nassau, New York
Acquired from the above by the present owner, August 1978
Literature
"Memorial to J.R. Taylor: A Handsome Art Window Unveiled in the First Presbyterian Church," The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn, 7 October 1901, p. 7 (for a related window, designed by Edward Sperry)
"New Memorial Window for Unity Church," Springfield Daily Republican, Springfield, Tuesday, 26 August 1902, p. 8 (for the announcement of this new window at the Church of the Unity)
"The Foot Memorial Window," Springfield Daily Republican, Springfield, Monday, 27 October 1902, p. 4 (present lot illustrated)
G. Kirkham, The Laymen's League of the Church of the Unity, Church of the Unity, Springfield, MA, 1929, Springfield, 1929, pp. 26-27 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Tiffany Windows, New York, 1980, p. 87, no. 70 (present lot illustrated)
"New Memorial Window for Unity Church," Springfield Daily Republican, Springfield, Tuesday, 26 August 1902, p. 8 (for the announcement of this new window at the Church of the Unity)
"The Foot Memorial Window," Springfield Daily Republican, Springfield, Monday, 27 October 1902, p. 4 (present lot illustrated)
G. Kirkham, The Laymen's League of the Church of the Unity, Church of the Unity, Springfield, MA, 1929, Springfield, 1929, pp. 26-27 (present lot illustrated)
A. Duncan, Tiffany Windows, New York, 1980, p. 87, no. 70 (present lot illustrated)
Brought to you by
Daphné Riou
SVP, Senior Specialist, Head of Americas