Panel with Washington Coat-of-Arms

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Object Name:

Department

European

Category

Baroque

Place Made:

England, Northamptonshire, Sulgrave Manor

Date:

1588

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multicolored

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staining

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painting

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cut glass

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glass

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cames

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 48.6 cm; W: 31.9 cm

Accession Number:

57.2.10 A

Location:

On Display

Description

Stained glass panel of irregular, oval shape with Washington coat-of-arms on the left side; impaling. On the right side Butler coat-of-arms: Azure (blue) a chevron or (gold) between three covered cups (urns?) or (gold). Inscribed above, "1588;" below, in initial capitals and miniscules: "Washington/ and Butler."

Label Text

These windows, with the coat of arms of George Washington’s ancestors, were in Sulgrave Manor in England for several centuries. President Washington descended seventh in line from Laurence Washington, who bought the manor from King Henry VIII in 1539.

Inscription

1588

Washington / and Butler

Provenance

Sitwell, Sacheverell, Former Collection to

Publications (12)
Objects In Set (2)

Publications

Stained Glass Before 1700 in Upstate New York (2004) illustrated, pp. 87-90; 92-93; Pl. 9A; BIB# 86517

Hikari no shouchu: sekai no garasu = The glass (1992) p. 23, #33; BIB# 58995

Stained Glass before 1700 in American Collections: New England and New York (Corpus Vitrearum Checklist I) (1985) illustrated, p. 76, top; BIB# 31056

George Washington's Great- Great- Great- Great- Great-Grandfather Slept Here (1957-10) p. 112, front and back covers;

Washington's Coat of Arms Coming to America (1957-06-23) illustrated, Front Page Ill.;

Discoveries and Acquisitions: News of Art and Archaeology (1957-06-08) illustrated, p. 951, bottom right;

Two Washington Ancestral Panels Are Sold (1957-06-01) illustrated, Sec. I, right ill.;

Sale Room (1957-06-01)

£3,200 Paid For Stained Glass Coat of Arms (1957-06-01) illustrated, ill., left;

Exceptional Prices in the Sale Room (1957-06-01)

High Prices for French Antiques (1957-06-01) illustrated, ill., right;

Life of George Washington (1855) p. 34, note;

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