Details
Creator Morris, Marriott Canby, 1863-1948, photographer.
Title Silver communion service &c. belonging to St. Peter's Church, [St. George, Bermuda] [graphic].
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1886
Date March 30, 1886
Physical Description 1 photograph: glass negative; 4 x 5 in.
Description Glass negative showing a communion service comprised of platters, chalice, flagons and candlesticks belonging to St. Peter's Church. The silver service sits on a table with an altar holding a Bible behind it. St. Peter’s Church, established after the first settlement of English colonists in Bermuda in 1612, was first built circa 1620 as a timber-framed building. After a hurricane razed the church in 1712, a new wood and stone church was built circa 1713-1714. This church went through numerous renovations, additions, and repairs into the 20th century, including the noted 1841 extension that created front steps and added Victorian Gothic decorations to the exterior. In 2012, at the church’s 400th anniversary, Queen Elizabeth designated the church as “Their Majesties Chappell.”
Notes Photographer remarks: Undertimed. Flagons presented to church by King William of Orange in 1684. Chalice [presented to church] by Virgina Company in 1635. Basin [presented to church by] Governor Brown of Massachusetts in 1782.
Time: 2
Light: Good sun outside.
Digitization and cataloging has been made possible through the generosity of David Marriott Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, and William Perot Morris in memory of Marriott Canby Morris and his children: Elliston Perot Morris, Marriott Canby Morris Jr., and Janet Morris and in acknowledgment of his grandchildren: William Perot Morris, Eleanor Rhoads Morris Cox, Jonathan White Morris, and David Marriott Morris.
Edited.
Subject Saint Peter’s Church (Saint George, Bermuda Islands)
Churches -- Bermuda Islands.
Religious articles.
Philadelphia artists.
Geographic subject Bermuda Islands.
Saint George (Bermuda Islands)
Genre Glass negatives.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Marriott C. Morris Collection [P.9895.926]
Accession number P.9895.926