A 6' diameter relief marble sculpture featuring the head and upper chest of theologian and philosopher Rev. Jonathan Edwards was created by Charles Henry Niehaus and added to the east façade of the State Capitol building around 1895. The sixth the left of six marble, roundel, sculptures depicts Jonathan Edwards wearing a clerical robe and collar, in bas relief, and his head, with with shoulder length hair, in high relief inside a recessed circle. The inscription JONATHAN EDWARDS frames his head.
Jonathan Edwards was born on October 5, 1703 in East Winsdor, CT. He entered Yale College in 1716, at age 12. He entered the ministry and became the leading figure in the First Great Awakening, a wave of religious fervor that in the American colonies during the 18th century. His sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", published in 1741, is still taught as a classic of its genre. He has been described by Perry Miller, the founder of the Yale edition of the Works of Jonathan Edwards, as "The first and greatest homegrown American philosopher"
Edwards maintained an interest in science throughout his life. Unfortunately, he died from smallpox by inoculation on March 22, 1758. He is buried in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ.
The Jonathan Edwards Center at Yale University website list 73 volumes of the writings of Jonathan Edwards:
Freedom of the Will (WJE Online Vol. 1)
Religious Affections (WJE Online Vol. 2)
Original Sin (WJE Online Vol. 3)
The Great Awakening (WJE Online Vol. 4)
Apocalyptic Writings (WJE Online Vol. 5)
Scientific and Philosophical Writings (WJE Online Vol. 6)
The Life of David Brainerd (WJE Online Vol. 7)
Ethical Writings (WJE Online Vol. 8)
A History of the Work of Redemption (WJE Online Vol. 9)
Sermons and Discourses 1720-1723 (WJE Online Vol. 10)
Typological Writings (WJE Online Vol. 11)
Ecclesiastical Writings (WJE Online Vol. 12)
The "Miscellanies": (Entry Nos. a-z, aa-zz, 1-500) (WJE Online Vol. 13)
Sermons and Discourses: 1723-1729 (WJE Online Vol. 14)
Notes on Scripture (WJE Online Vol. 15)
Letters and Personal Writings (WJE Online Vol. 16)
Sermons and Discourses, 1730-1733 (WJE Online Vol. 17)
The "Miscellanies," (Entry Nos. 501-832) (WJE Online Vol. 18)
Sermons and Discourses, 1734-1738 (WJE Online Vol. 19)
The "Miscellanies," 833-1152 (WJE Online Vol. 20)
Writings on the Trinity, Grace, and Faith (WJE Online Vol. 21)
Sermons and Discourses, 1739-1742 (WJE Online Vol. 22)
The "Miscellanies," (Entry Nos. 1153-1360) (WJE Online Vol. 23)
The "Blank Bible" (WJE Online Vol. 24)
Sermons and Discourses, 1743-1758 (WJE Online Vol. 25)
Catalogues of Books (WJE Online Vol. 26)
"Controversies" Notebook (WJE Online Vol. 27)
Minor Controversial Writings (WJE Online Vol. 28)
"Harmony of the Scriptures" (WJE Online Vol. 29)
"Prophecies of the Messiah" (WJE Online Vol. 30)
"History of Redemption" Notebooks (WJE Online Vol. 31)
Correspondence by, to, and about Edwards and His Family (WJE Online Vol. 32)
"Misrepresentations Corrected" Draft (WJE Online Vol. 33)
"Original Sin" Notebook (WJE Online Vol. 34)
Sermon Notebooks (WJE Online Vol. 36)
Documents on the Trinity, Grace and Faith (WJE Online Vol. 37)
Dismissal and Post-Dismissal Documents (WJE Online Vol. 38)
Church and Pastoral Documents (WJE Online Vol. 39)
Autobiographical and Biographical Documents (WJE Online Vol. 40)
Family Writings and Related Documents (WJE Online Vol. 41)
Sermons, Series II, 1723-1727 (WJE Online Vol. 42)
Sermons, Series II, 1728-1729 (WJE Online Vol. 43)
Sermons, Series II, 1729 (WJE Online Vol. 44)
Sermons, Series II, 1729-1731 (WJE Online Vol. 45)
Sermons, Series II, 1731-1732 (WJE Online Vol. 46)
Sermons, Series II, 1731-1732 (WJE Online Vol. 47)
Sermons, Series II, 1733 (WJE Online Vol. 48)
Sermons, Series II, 1734 (WJE Online Vol. 49)
Sermons, Series II, 1735 (WJE Online Vol. 50)
Sermons, Series II, 1736 (WJE Online Vol. 51)
Sermons, Series II, 1737 (WJE Online Vol. 52)
Sermons, Series II, 1738, and Undated, 1734-1738 (WJE Online Vol. 53)
Sermons, Series II, 1739 (WJE Online Vol. 54)
Sermons, Series II, January-June 1740 (WJE Online Vol. 55)
Sermons, Series II, July-December 1740 (WJE Online Vol. 56)
Sermons, Series II, January-June 1741 (WJE Online Vol. 57)
Sermons, Series II, July-December 1741 (WJE Online Vol. 58)
Sermons, Series II, January-June 1742 (WJE Online Vol. 59)
Sermons, Series II, July-December 1742, and Undated, 1739-1742 (WJE Online Vol. 60)
Sermons, Series II, 1743 (WJE Online Vol. 61)
Sermons, Series II, 1744 (WJE Online Vol. 62)
Sermons, Series II, 1745 (WJE Online Vol. 63)
Sermons, Series II, 1746 (WJE Online Vol. 64)
Sermons, Series II, 1747 (WJE Online Vol. 65)
Sermons, Series II, 1748 (WJE Online Vol. 66)
Sermons, Series II, 1749 (WJE Online Vol. 67)
Sermons, Series II, 1750 (WJE Online Vol. 68)
Sermons, Series II, 1751 (WJE Online Vol. 69)
Sermons, Series II, 1753 (WJE Online Vol. 71)
Sermons, Series II, 1754-1755 (WJE Online Vol. 72)
Sermons, Series II, 1756-1758,Undated, and Fragments (WJE Online Vol. 73)