THE LOST MONEY & THE LOST SILVER
Brief description: A framed design showing a woman with a lamp and a brush. She is looking for lost money. Designed by James Tennant Lyon.
In the story of The Parable of the Lost Silver (or Lost Coin), a woman loses one of ten silver coins and keeps searching until she finds the lost coin. She then rejoices in finding her lost coin. The moral lesson of the Parable is that GodÂ’s love for all people is so great that he wonÂ’t give up on trying to bring every lost person back to Christ. This coloured drawing is a 1:1 scale preparatory design for a stained glass window, known as a cartoon. Shaded coloured areas indicate the colour of piece of glass, whilst the thick black lines indicate the lead lines used to join the pieces of glass together. Finer painted details would be painted onto the glass. The design by James Tennant Lyon (1836-72) was made in 1865 by Field & Allan for Trinity Church, Irvine, Scotland.
Object type: preparatory artworks design
Number of objects: 1
Production date: 1865
Production period: 19th century, mid
Designer: James Tennant Lyon (1836 - 1872)
Dimensions: Height: 682 mm, Width: 682 mm
Acquisition: purchase 6.1979
Acquisition source: Sotheby's London
This item is not currently on display and can only be viewed by prior arrangement
Accession number: ELYGM:1979.6.21
