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WINDOW N1, “ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST,” EVANS MEMORIAL

The window depicts a young man in three-quarter profile with his right hand on his breast and his left holding his robes while he gazes upward.  Hi is shown with no attributes.

The inscription reads, “THE / DISCIPLE WHOM / JESUS LOVED / JOHN 21:20”.  The dedication is located around the top of the arch and reads, “IN MEMORY OF / CHARLES EVANS AND MARTHA SCRIVEN EVANS / MISSIONARIES TO SUMATRA 1819 – 1827” 

Two of La Farge’s sketches for the window exist, showing the figure in two different poses.  The one that was unused shows the figure holding a book, his left shoulder toward the viewer and left arm across his body; he looks out at the viewer.  The other sketch is the window as executed.¹

Window N1 - St. John the Evangelist - Detail

© 1995, Julie L. Sloan, used with permission

¹     These sketches are in private collections in New York.

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