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Fatland Farm 2009

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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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