France, Choiseul near Chaumont (Haute-Mame), Castle Chapel (?)
17th century, second half
Pot metal; white glass with silver stain, enamels, and Jean Cousin; flashed and abraded yellow (modern?)
192.5 x 79 (75 3/4 x 31 1/4)
Replacements include the heads of Christ and St. John, and parts of the landscape; many mending leads and Dutchmen; some flaking enamel
Provenance: A. Seligmann, Rey & Co., New York, to 1927; William Randolph Hearst, to 1941; Col. Harry Ewing Stewart, Dallas, Tex.; Mrs. Julian Wood Glass (Eva Payne Glass) and her children, Mrs. Edmund Bradfield and Julian Glass, to 1966
Bibliography: Nowata, First Presbyterian Church, “Inventory of Furnishings: J. Wood Glass Memorial Chapel & Hall,” item 1, “rules” item 5; C.W. Post Catalogue (1939), vols. 101-104, lot no. 1425-1; Hearst sale (1941), 329, lot no. 1452-1, ill. 142; N.J., “Nowata Church Dedicates Prayer Chapel, New Building and Window,” Oklahoma-Arkansas Synod Presbyterian Review (Nov. 1966), 4; Beatrice Stebbing, “Stained Glass Tours: Oklahoma,” Stained Glass 62, no. 3 (Autumn 1967), 19-20; “Presbyterians Schedule Dedication of Results of Five Years’ Work,” Nowata (Okla.) Daily Star, Friday 23 September 1985, 2. J. Wood Glass Memorial Chapel (Little Prayer Chapel), West Window (installed 1966)
Collection: First Presbyterian Church (Nowata, Oklahoma)
Object/Accession: Unnumbered
Inscription: INRI