Brownstone memorials: one a church, one a grave monument survive quite forgotten in Providence. But their history reveals a noble past. John Prentiss Kewley Henshaw served at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Baltimore from 1816-43. He returned to Rhode Island to become its first bishop. He represents the complicated history of the United States leading up to the Civil War. He was integral in the emancipation of African Americans in Maryland and helped many to establish churches both there and in Rhode Island. These two memorials reveal the artistic, cultural and religious history that is complicated and far from simple that leads up to the Civil War.
About the presenterAnne E Tait
Anne Tait is an Associate Professor of Art at Roger Williams University in the School of Architecture, Art, and Historic Preservation. Her recent artwork straddles her backgrounds in art and historic preservation and is inspired by the imagery used on the marble headstone designs of the 19th century.