A beautiful antique stained glass window, c1891, leaded and hand painted depicting Moses leaving Pharaoh's temple.
 

A similar but larger window was made around the same
time and is still in St Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia, USA. Holiday documented the window in his book "Stained Glass as an Art" publish in 1896, and describes the window as follows...

"The memorial to General Lee in Richmond, Virginia, for  which I had to treat the subject of Moses leaving the court
of Pharaoh. Moses, as the adopted son of Pharaoh's daughter, was virtually an Egyptian prince, and would hold
a state office. He is descending from an upper room
in a royal pavilion, where Pharaoh is seated in council
 with his priests and officers, and is supposed to have his attention arrested by the ill-usage of his fellow-countrymen, who are working as slaves under the lash of the merciless taskmasters. He has been brooding over the sufferings
of the Israelites, and the scene he is now watching nerves
him to a final resolve, and he casts away his staff of office
as a sign of his determination to renounce all connexion
with the people. Pharaoh's daughter, who is entering the pavilion with two of her maidens, perceives with apprehension the indignant attitude of her adopted son."

  The window is fantastic quality, with deep-cut acid etching, hand painting strong and bright and with glass and leaded
in excellent condition.

Glass Measures:
 43¾" high x 21¾" wide - 111cm h x 55.5cm w

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