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Fatland Farm 2009
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Location
Date
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William Wetherill
1804 - 1872
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Wetherill Altar at St. Mary's Church Philadelphia
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Location Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, USA
Date
1908
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William Henry Wetherill
1838 - 1927
Joseph BloomfieldWetherill
1835 - 1886
Isabella MACOMB
1807 - 1871
Photo and following information from the book, Notable Altars in the
Church of England and the American Episcopal Church by John
Wright, published by McMillan Company in 1908, Pages 286 and
287. St. Mary's Church, West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Altar
and Reredos are fine examples of modern mosaic work made in the
studios of Rome. The marble sculpture is by Valenzi, the Byzantine
mosaic by Leonardi, and the Roman mosaic by Rubicondi, each
famous in his line. The marble forming the framework of the pictures
is twenty-two feet eight inches in height by ten feet eight inches in
breadth. In the apex of the Gothic Reredos is a representation of the
Ascension. Below this in the great central panel is a mosaic of the
Crucifixion after Guido Reni. On a broad panel nearly the whole
width of the Retable is the Nativity, with the adoration of the wise
men and the shepherds. The smaller panels are symbolical. Those on
the left contain the emblems of the Passion and those on the right the
symbols of the Eucharist. Many of the stones in the panels were
gathered in Palestine, Syria, Egypt, and the East. The twisted
columns are also inlaid with colored stones in Byzantine sytle. The
face of the Altar has the Agnus Dei, flanked by Alpha and Omega. The
Altar was built under the direction of the Rev. J. Bloomfield Wetherillas a memorial to his mother, Mrs. Isabella Macomb Wetherill, widow
of Dr. William Wetherill, Who died on Christmas Day, 1871. The
Altar was exhibited in the Italian art department at the Centennial
Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876. After the death of Rev. Mr.
Wetherill in 1886, it was made a memorial of him as well as of his
mother, and presented to St. Mary's parish by Mr. William H.
Wetherill, the letter of the Vestry accepting the gift bearing date of
January 22, 1890. The original cost of the Altar, aside from its
transportation and putting place, was $25,000.
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