About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0129
  • TitleTransfer of painting
  • SummaryCaption: "Transfer of painting an involved project--It took 11 men to remove the "Last Supper," painted by Luigi Antoldi in 1857, from the Plymouth Congregational Church of the Pilgrims, Orange and Hicks Sts. [75 Hicks Street], to the nearby Hille's [sic] Hall chapel. The new hall will be dedicated oct. 15. The pastor of the church, the Rev. Dr. L. Wendell Fifield, and his wife, will donate an organ to the hall in memory of their son, Robert, who died in World War II."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 30, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLeonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519. Last Supper ; Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Congregational churches ; Painting
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Churches: Congregational: Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims