Nunc Dimittis, The Song of Solomon
Category
Photographs
Date
c. 1911 - 1962
Materials
Photograph paper
Measurements
310 x 210 mm
Collection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1293164.4
Summary
Monochrome photographic print. Album page 2. Stained glass window designed by John Lisle of C.Kempe & Co. depicting Nunc Dimittis, The Song of Solomon. Simeon is pictured acknowledging the young Jesus as the Messiah as Joseph presents the sacrifice of a pair of doves. Window in the apse windows of the Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Cathedral, U.S.A. Dispatched November 1911. The photograph has been cut and mounted on the album page in twelve separate sections.
Marks and inscriptions
TOP LEFT OF ALBUM PAGE: 2 ON ALBUM PAGE TOP LEFT OF THE PHOTOGRAPH: WASHINGTON CATH. U.S.A. APSE WINDOWS TO BETHLEHEM CHAPEL DISPATCHED NOV 1911