Opalescent Glass – fusing of colors From “Angel of Victory” Opalescent glass is a generalized term for clear and semi-opaque pressed glass, cloudy, marbled, and sometimes accented with subtle coloring all combining to form a milky opalescence in the glass. This opalescence is also created in the glassmaking by alternating heating and cooling of the … Read more
St. George’s has three Tiffany windows though one is a double window with two distinct scenes, one below the gallery level and the other at gallery level. All were installed in the Church during the years 1912-1917. Tiffany’s significance in art was that he was the creator of an American glass. Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848-1933) … Read more
BARBARA P. WILLIS The first church built in Fredericksburg was by action of the Vestry of St. George’s Parish at a meeting on March 13th, 1732. Col. Henry Willis contracted to build it and the new church at Mattapony for 150,000 lbs. of tobacco. George Home, who surveyed the newly established town of Fredericksburg (1728) … Read more
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Return to referring page Photography progressed in the late 19th century so that the first years of the 20th century saw more pictures of the church. Kodak provided many of the innovations which allowed consumers to be their own photographers 1888: First Kodak camera, containing a 20-foot roll of paper, enough for 100 2.5-inch diameter … Read more
Assignment – “Write 300 words..or so.. on 300 notable St. Georgians that have lived in the past 300 years of St. Georgia’s history… The list below is in no particular order or no ranking. All on this list made valuable contributions to St. George’s long history. The effort was to sample from the entire range … Read more
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