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Design for "Saint John's Vision" Window, St. John's Episcopal Church, Cornwall, New York

Designer Frederick Wilson American, born Ireland
ca. 1926
Not on view
In this design for a stained-glass window, Frederick Wilson masterfully employed watercolor to depict Saint John’s vision of the holy city of New Jerusalem descending from heaven "as a bride adorned for her husband" (Revelation 21:2). Removal of the mat revealed that Wilson’s initial design included an architectural framework surrounding the window.

The evocative daubs of watercolor on the margins are "fingerprints" that show the shape and size of the artist’s brushes. They also showcase his simple five-color palette: two blues (ultramarine and cobalt), vermillion, barium yellow, and an earth brown.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Design for "Saint John's Vision" Window, St. John's Episcopal Church, Cornwall, New York
  • Artist: Louis C. Tiffany (American, New York 1848–1933 New York)
  • Designer: Frederick Wilson (American (born Ireland), Dublin 1858–1932 Los Angeles, California)
  • Maker: Tiffany Studios (1902–32)
  • Date: ca. 1926
  • Geography: Made in New York, United States; Country of Origin United States
  • Culture: American
  • Medium: Transparent and opaque watercolor, and graphite on paper
  • Dimensions: 28 3/8 × 21 5/8 in. (72.1 × 54.9 cm)
    Mat: 32 × 25 × 3/8 in. (81.3 × 63.5 cm)
  • Credit Line: Purchase, Walter Hoving and Julia T. Weld Gifts and Dodge Fund, 1967
  • Object Number: 67.654.320
  • Curatorial Department: The American Wing

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