The Living and the Dead

by Sarah Loft

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The Living and the Dead

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Sarah Loft

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Photograph - Digitally Painted Photograph

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This was photographed from within the Trinity Church Cemetery in the Manhattan financial district.

Per Wikipedia: The Trinity Church has been significant to New York City’s history for over 300 years. In 1696, Governor Benjamin Fletcher approved the purchase of land in Lower Manhattan by the Church of England community for construction of a new church. The parish received its charter from King William III on May 6, 1697.

The first Trinity Church building, a modest rectangular structure with a gambrel roof and small porch, was constructed in 1698, on Wall Street, facing the Hudson River. The land on which it was built was formerly a formal garden and then a burial ground.

The church was destroyed in the Great New York City Fire of 1776, which started in the Fighting Cocks Tavern, destroying nearly 400 to 500 buildings and houses, and leaving thousands of New Yorkers homeless. Six days later, most of the city's volunteer firemen followed General Washington north.

Construction on the second Trinity Church building began in 1788; it was consecrated in 1790. St. Paul’s Chapel was used while the second Trinity Church was being built... The second Trinity Church was politically significant because President Washington and members of his government often worshiped there. Additional notable parishioners included John Jay and Alexander Hamilton.

The third and current Trinity Church began construction in 1839 and was finished in 1846.

Note: The watermark will not appear on the print you purchase.

Featured in the Women Photographers group, November 2013.

Featured in the Art from the Past group, April 2014.

Featured in the Premium FAA Artists group, June 2015.

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October 17th, 2012

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