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William Wetherill 1804 - 1872

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 1908

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William Henry Wetherill 1838 - 1927 Joseph Bloomfield Wetherill 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 Wetherill as 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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