Study for a Wall Memorial in the Judson Memorial Baptist Church, New York

John La Farge's architectural design study presents a vertical memorial composition organized into discrete zones. The scheme features a semicircular lunette at top containing concentric circles and decorative motifs, a middle section with paired green pilasters flanking a central panel with figural imagery, and a lower register framed by purple ornamental borders with a prominent circular medallion. La Farge employs watercolor and ink with careful attention to proportion and material articulation—including blue, gold, and red accents—to establish a hierarchical sacred space. This drawing reflects late-nineteenth-century approaches to ecclesiastical decoration, where geometric order and symbolic arrangement guided the integration of art into interior religious architecture.