Memorial window by Marc Chagall in All Saints Church, Tudeley, Kent commemorating Sarah Venetia d’Avigdor-Goldsmid, d. 1963
Location
All Saints Church, Tudeley, Kent, England
Details
Description: Crucifixion scene with angel. Below a rider on a red horse, symbolising happiness. The lower part of the window shows the drowned girl and her boat below the sea surrounded by grieving relatives and a figure of the virgin and child.
Type: Window
Position: East arch of south wall
Materials: Stained glass
Date Erected: November 1967
Artists: Marc Chagall
Type: Window
Position: East arch of south wall
Materials: Stained glass
Date Erected: November 1967
Artists: Marc Chagall
People
d'Avigdor-Goldsmid, Sarah Venetia
Age: 21
Date of Death: 19/9/1963
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
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Age: 21
Date of Death: 19/9/1963
Cause of Death: Maritime accident
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Extra
Notes: DOSSIER. Dedicated in November 1967 to commemorate the 21 year old daughter of Sir Henry and Lady Rosemary D'Avigdor-Goldsmid drowned in 1963 while sailing off Rye.
The Tudeley windows are inspired, said Chagall, by the words of Psalm 8, especially verses 4-8:
"What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.”
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1972
The Tudeley windows are inspired, said Chagall, by the words of Psalm 8, especially verses 4-8:
"What is man that you are mindful of him, the son of man that you care for him? You made him a little lower than the heavenly beings and crowned him with glory and honor. You made him ruler over the works of your hands; you put everything under his feet: all flocks and herds, and the beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, all that swim the paths of the seas.”
Recorder: Reverend William Henry Donnan, 1972