International studio (40.1910)

Windows for Plymouth Church

THE WINDOWS FOR PLYMOUTH Daniel Webster in the celebrated interview with
CHURCH, BROOKLYN President Tyler, and Manassas Cutler crossing the

DESIGNED BY FREDERICK S. Appalachian Range.
LAMB There are also three windows on the street front

of the church, showing in the central window Abra-
An interesting series of windows for Plymouth ham Lincoln as president. Supporting this on one
Church, Brooklyn, has been designed by Frederick side is Henry Ward Beecher speaking on the plat-
S. Lamb and executed by J. and R. Lamb. The form of Exeter Hall, England, in favor of the anti-
subjects chosen are historical. A series of eight slavery bill, and on the other his sister, Harriet
windows above the galleries comprise the following Beecher Stowe, in a group of other women promi-
subjects, chosen from English and Colonial history: nent in the movement for the higher education of
John Milton writing the plea for the liberty of the women. The occasion selected for the design show-
press; Hampden and Pymappealing for the Bill of ing the famous pastor of Plymouth Church is that
Rights before Charles I; Oliver Cromwell announc- of the speech which he succeeded in delivering in
ing to George Fox personal liberty of worship; John London in 1863, on the platform of Exeter Hall,
Robinson's prayer
on the deck of the
Speedwell; signing
the compact on
board the May-
flower; landing of
the Pilgrims; the
founding of Har-
vard College, and
John Eliot preach-
ing to the Indians.
Eight windows
under the galleries
depict the following
scenes from early
American history:
Thomas Hooker
with his compani-
ons crossing the
Connecticut River
before founding the
first settlement at
Hartford ; William
Penn submitting to
his colleagues a
draft of the first
constitution of
Pennsylvania;
evening prayer, Hu-
guenots in the Caro-
linas; the Haystack
Meeting, the begin-
ning of American
missions; Roger
Williams, the set-
tlement at Rhode

Island; the Dutch william penn submitting to his colleagues window for Plymouth

in New York; Mar- A draft of the first constitution church, Brooklyn

cus Whitman and of Pennsylvania designed by f. s. lamb

Executed by J. and R. Lamb

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