Panel with Washington Coat-of-Arms

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Object Name:

Department

European

Category

Baroque

Place Made:

England, Sulgrave

Date:

1540-1549

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multicolored

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leading

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staining

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painting

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cutting

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glass

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cames

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Dimensions:

Overall H: 47.2 cm; W: 34 cm

Accession Number:

57.2.10 B

Location:

On Display

Description

Stained glass panel of irregular, oval shape with Wasshington [Washington] coat-of-arms (left side): Argent (silver), two bars (a horizontal band across a shield), gules (red) in chief (the upper part of the shield), three mullets (a star of five points) of the second (i.e.red). In the fesse point (the center part of the shield) a crescent gules (a red crescent) for difference; impaling (two coats-of-arms displayed side-by-side in one shield). Kitson or Kytson arms: Sable (black) three trouts or luces (fish) hauricant (fish displayed upright) in fesse (a single band drawn horizontally across a shield) argent (red), a chief (upper part of a shield) or (gold). Inscribed below, in capitals: "WASSHINGTON/ AND KITSON."

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

WASSHINGTON / AND KITSON

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Provenance

Sitwell, Sacheverell, Former Collection

Publications (13)
Objects In Set (2)

Publications

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

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

Stained Glass: Jewels of Light (1988) illustrated, p. 51; BIB# 59584

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sale Room (1957-06-01)

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

Stars and Stripes (1957-05-26) illustrated, p. 99, pl. V;

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

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