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    		• De Weldon, Felix George Weihs,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Claggett, Thomas John
     
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    		• Occupation -- Religion
     
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    		• Architecture -- Religious
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Upper Marlboro
     
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    		• Relief
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Memorial to Bishop Thomas John Claggett, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    De Weldon, Felix George Weihs, 1907-2003, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Memorial to Bishop Thomas John Claggett, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1980. Dedicated Oct. 25, 1980.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: metal; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 4 ft. 2 in. x 3 ft. 6 in. x 9 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Incised on base, front:) BISHOP THOMAS JOHN CLAGGETT/1743-1816/FIRST EPISCOPAL BISHOP/CONSECRATED IN THE UNITED STATES/FIRST CHAPLAIN OF THE U. S. SENATE/IN WASHINGTON/"HOW AWESOME IS THE DAWN SKY ABOVE THE HILLS OF/CROOM. IT MAKES MY HEART SING 'PRAISED BE GOD'" (Incised on base, reverse:) THIS MEMORIAL ERECTED AT ST. THOMAS CHURCH, CROOM/WHERE BISHOP CLAGGETT SERVED SO MANY YEARS/WITH LOVE AND DISTINCTION/BY/THE SOCIETY OF THE PILGRIMS OF ST. MARY'S/AND FRIENDS/DEDICATED BY/THE RIGHT REVEREND DAVID K. LEIGHTON/EPISCOPAL BISHOP OF MARYLAND/OCTOBER 25, 1980 (Incised in lower right corner of base, reverse:) SCULPTOR/FELIX DE WELDON signed
    Description: 
    Relief depiction of Bishop Thomas John Claggett and St. Thomas Church, mounted on a tall stele. The Bishop wears late 18th century ecclesiastical dress and has shoulder-length hair. St. Thomas Church can be seen behind his proper right shoulder.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Claggett, Thomas John
    Occupation -- Religion -- Bishop
    Architecture -- Religious -- St. Thomas Methodist Church
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Maryland -- Upper Marlboro
    Relief
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    St. Thomas Church, St. Thomas Church Road, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
    Remarks: 
    Erected by the Society of the Pilgrims of St. Mary's and others.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS MD000531
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