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The Statue of Bishop Brownell<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Photo by John Marinelli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The statue of Bishop Thomas Church Brownell has stood proudly in the center of Trinity College\u2019s Main Quad since 1878, commemorating the College\u2019s founder and first president. Brownell\u2019s grave was the statue\u2019s original home before Brownell\u2019s son-in-law, Gordon W. Burnham, gifted it to Trinity. An impressive work of art, the bronze likeness was designed in Rome by sculptor Chauncey Bradley Ives and cast in Munich by Ferdinand von Miller Foundry. Tucked \u2019neath the elms, the monument soars to the treetops with the sculpture and its granite pedestal measuring nearly 30 feet tall. The statue depicts the venerable Brownell wearing the official clothing of the clergy at the time; he also grasps a prayer book in his right arm, while his left arm remains outstretched. His pose shows him in an act of prayer, as though performing an Episcopal benediction upon his beloved Trinity. The unveiling ceremony for the statue took place in November 1869 at the College\u2019s original campus in downtown Hartford, with Trinity students gathering alongside clergy, faculty, and invited guests to form a procession to the monument while singing: \u201cGod of our fathers! by whose hand \/ Thy people still are blest, \/ Be with us through our pilgrimage, \/ Conduct us to our rest.\u201d This unveiling would be the first of many gatherings at the base of the statue as each year the Trinity community reunites with its founding father during several events, including Convocation and Commencement. Says Georgianna Wynn \u201916, \u201cStanding among us year after year, he is the symbol of the beginning and the end of our time at Trinity College.\u201d<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s note: \u201cTrinity Treasure\u201d highlights a person, place, or thing on campus that is just what the name implies: a Trinity treasure. Do you have an idea for what to showcase? Please send your suggestions to sonya.adams@trincoll.edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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