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Our Lady of Grace, Dearborn Heights, Michigan

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Window

Building Name: All Saints Episcopal Church

Studio Name: Connick (Charles J.), Ltd.

City: Pontiac

Window Shape: 2 (rectangle)

Date of Window: 1950

Subject/Title of Window: St. Galahad

Brief Description of Subject: This window is an adaptation of the well known painting by George Frederick Watts, which in turn, had as its inspiration the equally well known poem of "Sir Galahad" by Alfred Tennyson. It was installed to honor the Sir Galahad youth movement at All Saints. Sir Galahad is shown clad in armor and the flowing robe which medieval knights wore. He stands in contemplation with his sword at rest while his charger waits nearby.

Below him is the symbol of the Holy Grail veiled in white samite, a heavy silk material interwoven with gold. The Grail emits rays of light, symbolic of truth, surrounded by flames of divine zeal. The third and fourth lines of Tennyson's poem have been used for the inscription:
"My strength is as the strength of ten, because my heart is pure."

Height: ~55"

Width: ~19.5"

Type of Glass and Technique: Lead Came

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