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Hell (West Wall, North lunette)

by John Singer Sargent

1916
Oil on canvas with Lincrusta-Walton reliefs
254.6 x 507.4 cm

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singer 
Heaven (West Wall, South lunette)

by John Singer Sargent

1916
Oil on canvas with Lincrusta-Walton reliefs
254.3 x 506.7 cm

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singer 
Handmaid of the Lord (South End, East Wall)

by John Singer Sargent

1916
Mural
Unknown size

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singer 
Grey's Peak, Colorado

by Helen Henderson Chain

1876
Chromolithograph
no dimensions avaliable

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Chain, Helen Hendersonnotes
Grays Peak is the highest mountain in the Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains in the U.S. State of Colorado.
Grand Lake, Middle Park, Colorado

by Helen Henderson Chain

1876
Chromolithograph
no dimensions avaliable

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Chain, Helen Hendersonnotes
Grand Lake is Colorado's largest and deepest natural lake, one of the headwaters of the Colorado River in Grand County, Colorado.
Frieze of Prophets

by John Singer Sargent

Oil on canvas
211.5 x 1183 cm

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singernotes
In 1913, "The Prophets," were featured in the New York Times in an extensive spread The Israelites Oppressed  lunette and Frieze of the Prophets   (North End) General view of North End, Sargent Hall, Boston Public Library  
Frieze of Angels

by John Singer Sargent

1903
Oil on canvas with plaster and papier-mache reliefs
213.4 x 674.4 cm

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singernotes
The Frieze of Angels with eight in number represent Regeneration and the Resurrection as Christ rose on the eighth day.   Below Christ's feet and between the two angles is a pelican feeding its young from the blood of its breast which is also an ancient symbol of the Resurrection (Charteris P.166). The Doctrine of the Trinity,...
East Wall: Gog and Magog lunette

by John Singer Sargent

1916
Oil on canvas with Lincrusta-Walton reliefs
254.3 x 505.8 cm

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singernotes
Gog and Magog were two pagan rulers who allied themselves with Satan in Revelations.   Here, God is striking them down.  Revelations 20:7-9 7) And when the thosand years are completed, Satan will be released from his prison,   8) and will come out to deceive the nations which are in the four coners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to...
East Wall: Church

by John Singer Sargent

1919
Oil on canvas with papier-mache reliefs
242 x 161 cm

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Sargent, John Singernotes
Studies for Church Sketch for the Church - Draped Figure 1916-1919 Sketch for the Church - The Veil 1916-1919 Sketch for the Church 1916-1919 Sketch for the Church - Architectural Details 1916-1919 Studies for Church  1895 - 1919  
Dessert No. 6

by Carducius Plantagenet Ream

oil on canvas
no dimensions avaliable

Boston Public Library

Boston, MA

Ream, Carducius Plantagenet 
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