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Edwin Booth has a Stained Glass window in his honor... It was done by La Farge, John, 1835-1910; New York a famous stained glass maker/artist
“Actor Contemplating a Mask, the Edwin Booth Memorial Window by John La Farge”
Edwin Booth Memorial Window
Church of the Transfiguration,
1 E 29th Street,
New York, New York 10016
Read under the window...
The quote:
“As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing,
A man that fortune 's buffets and rewards
Hast ta'en with equal thanks.”
(‘Hamlet,’ iii, 2.)
Are some link that tells the story of the window...
https://library.bc.edu/lafargeglass/exhibits/show/descriptions/all-saints-cathedral/transfiguration
The Church of the Transfiguration, also known as “The Little Church Around the Corner,” is famous in theatrical circles. The church was built in 1849 by an unknown architect. It contains one of the most remarkable stained glass windows by John La Farge.
In 1895, John La Farge was commissioned to make a memorial window for Edwin Booth (1833-1893), the most famous Shakespearean actor of his era. He was also the older brother of John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865), the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Between 1879-83, Edwin Booth developed a notable summer cottage in the Paradise Valley region of Newport, RI, where John La Farge had also lived.[1]
The design for the Booth window is based on an earlier illustration for Dramatis Personae, a collection of poems by Robert Browning.[2]
“Actor Contemplating a Mask, the Edwin Booth Memorial Window by John La Farge”
Edwin Booth Memorial Window
Church of the Transfiguration,
1 E 29th Street,
New York, New York 10016
Read under the window...
The quote:
“As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing,
A man that fortune 's buffets and rewards
Hast ta'en with equal thanks.”
(‘Hamlet,’ iii, 2.)
Are some link that tells the story of the window...
https://library.bc.edu/lafargeglass/exhibits/show/descriptions/all-saints-cathedral/transfiguration
The Church of the Transfiguration, also known as “The Little Church Around the Corner,” is famous in theatrical circles. The church was built in 1849 by an unknown architect. It contains one of the most remarkable stained glass windows by John La Farge.
In 1895, John La Farge was commissioned to make a memorial window for Edwin Booth (1833-1893), the most famous Shakespearean actor of his era. He was also the older brother of John Wilkes Booth (1838-1865), the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. Between 1879-83, Edwin Booth developed a notable summer cottage in the Paradise Valley region of Newport, RI, where John La Farge had also lived.[1]
The design for the Booth window is based on an earlier illustration for Dramatis Personae, a collection of poems by Robert Browning.[2]
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