Tiffany Census

Church of the Incarnation, Manhattan, New York City, New York

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id:	1.1.3
Rating:	2 stars
Address:	209 Madison Avenue
Location:	Manhattan, New York City, New York 10016, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.74847, -73.98213
Tiffany 1910:	Page 5
Duncan 1980:	Page 201
Tiffany 1897:	Page 5
Tiffany 1893:	Listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 also list the "Norwood Memorial Door", which still exists [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, PHOTO]
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1864-1865 [ORG]; 1882 [ORG]
Architect:	Emlen T. Littell [ORG]; David Jardine [ORG]
Also of interest:	Windows by John La Farge, Henry Wynd Young, William Morris & Co., and several other English Victorian makers [ORG]

Site Items

1.1.3.1:	Hale Memorial Window: The Pilgrim (Extant)
1.1.3.2.a:	Britton Memorial Window: Joseph Teaching Christ to be a Carpenter (Extant)
1.1.3.2.b:	Britton Memorial Window: medallions expressive of the command and of the reward of labor (Extant)
1.1.3.3.a:	Coles Memorial Window: Raising of Lazarus (1894) (Extant)
1.1.3.3.b:	Coles Memorial Window: Victory over Death (1894) (Extant)
1.1.3.4.a:	Watson Memorial Window: The Lord is My Shepherd (1895) (Extant)
1.1.3.4.b:	Watson Memorial Window: Justice and Mercy (1895) (Extant)
1.1.3.5:	Brooks Memorial Tablet: mosaic tablet with glass insets (1895) (Extant)

Item 1.1.3.1

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Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Hale Memorial Window
Theme:	The Pilgrim [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 5
Duncan 1980:	Page 201
Tiffany 1897:	Page 5
Signature:
Other documentation:	[INDEP1889, NYT1895A, HIST1912]
Designer:	Edward Peck Sperry [INDEP1889]
Memorial details:	George N. Hale, first Sunday school teacher at the church [HIST1912, ORG]
Donor:	Sunday school of the parish [HIST1912]
Date:	<= 1889 [INDEP1889]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Pilgrim
Location:	south wall [ORG]

Item 1.1.3.2.a

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Britton Memorial Window: Joseph Teaching Christ to be a Carpenter

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Britton Memorial Window
Theme:	Joseph Teaching Christ to be a Carpenter [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	Dignity of Labor [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 5
Duncan 1980:	Page 201
Tiffany 1897:	Page 5
Signature:	not signed [DT2013]
Other documentation:	[INDEP1889, NYT1895A, HIST1912]
Designer:	Lyell Carr [INDEP1889]
Memorial details:	John W. Britton (1823 - 2 Aug 1886) [HIST1912]
Donor:
Date:	ca. 1888 [INDEP1889, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Carpenter
Location:	west wall [ORG]

Item 1.1.3.2.b

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [STREETVIEW]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Britton Memorial Window
Description:	medallions expressive of the command and of the reward of labor [HIST1912]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[HIST1912]
Designer:
Memorial details:	John W. Britton (1823 - 2 Aug 1886) [HIST1912]
Donor:
Date:	ca. 1888 [INDEP1889, DEDUCED]
Lancets:	2 [STREETVIEW]
Inscription:
Category:	Medallion
Location:	west wall [ORG]

Item 1.1.3.3.a

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Coles Memorial Window: Raising of Lazarus

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Coles Memorial Window
Theme:	Raising of Lazarus [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 5
Duncan 1980:	Page 201
Tiffany 1897:	Page 5
Signature:	Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company [DT2013]
Other documentation:	[NYTR1894]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [NYTR1894, HIST1912]
Memorial details:	Mary Albertine Coles (17 Jan 1878 - 12 Apr 1892) [INSCRIPTION, NYTR1894, HIST1912]
Donor:	her mother, Mrs. Albert Coles [NYTR1894, HIST1912]
Date:	Installed ca. Apr 1894 [NYTR1894]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	In memory of Mary Albertine Coles // Born January 17 1878 Died April 12 1892 [PHOTO]
Category:	Lazarus
Location:	north wall [ORG]

Item 1.1.3.3.b

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Coles Memorial Window: Victory over Death

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Coles Memorial Window
Theme:	Victory over Death [ORG]
Description:	two angels announcing the day of resurrection [NYTR1894]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NYTR1894]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [NYTR1894, HIST1912]
Memorial details:	Mary Albertine Coles (17 Jan 1878 - 12 Apr 1892) [NYTR1894, HIST1912]
Donor:	her mother, Mrs. Albert Coles [NYTR1894, HIST1912]
Date:	Installed ca. Apr 1894 [NYTR1894]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	I am the Resurrection and the Life // Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God. [NYTR1894]
Category:	Angel of Victory
Location:	north wall [ORG]

Item 1.1.3.4.a

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Watson Memorial Window: The Lord is My Shepherd

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Watson Memorial Window
Theme:	The Lord is My Shepherd [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	23rd Psalm [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 5
Duncan 1980:	Page 201
Tiffany 1897:	Page 5
Other Tiffany documentation:	Tiffany 1896 shows a design for the window (site not specified) [TIFF1896]
Signature:	Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company [DT2013]
Other documentation:	[NYS1895, CHU1895A]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [NYT1895B, NYS1895, CHU1895A, TIFF1896]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer for the window (site not specified) [TIFF1896]
Memorial details:	William Watson and Maria Watson [INSCRIPTION, NYT1895B, NYS1895, CHU1895A, HIST1912]
Donor:	their daughter, E.G. Watson [NYT1895B, NYS1895, CHU1895A, INSCRIPTION]
Date:	Copyright 1894 [TIFF1896]
	Unveiled 9 Jun 1895 [NYT1895B, NYS1895]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, NYS1895, CHU1895A]
Inscription:	IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MY DEAR FATHER AND MOTHER // WILLIAM AND MARIA WATSON / 1895 [PHOTO]
Category:	Christ the Good Shepherd
Location:	north wall [ORG]

Item 1.1.3.4.b

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Watson Memorial Window: Justice and Mercy

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Watson Memorial Window
Theme:	Justice and Mercy [NYH1895A, NYT1895B, NYS1895, CHU1895A]
Description:	two angels [NYS1895, CHU1895A]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NYH1895A, NYS1895, CHU1895A]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [NYH1895A, NYT1895B, NYS1895, CHU1895A]
Memorial details:	William Watson and Maria Watson [NYT1895B, NYS1895, CHU1895A, HIST1912]
Donor:	their daughter, E.G. Watson [NYT1895B, NYS1895, CHU1895A]
Date:	Cartoon exhibited Mar / Apr 1895 [NYH1895A]
	Unveiled 9 Jun 1895 [NYT1895B, NYS1895]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, NYH1895A, NYS1895, CHU1895A]
Inscription:	SVRELY GOODNESS / & MERCY / SHALL FOLLOW / ME / ALL THE DAYS / (OF) MY LIFE [PHOTO, NYS1895, CHU1895A]
Category:	Angel of Justice; Angel of Mercy
Location:	north wall [ORG]

Item 1.1.3.5

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Brooks Memorial Tablet: mosaic tablet with glass insets

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Brooks Memorial Tablet
Description:	mosaic tablet with glass insets [PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 5
Duncan 1980:	Page 201
Tiffany 1897:	Page 5
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NYTR1895B, CHU1895B]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Bishop Phillips Brooks (13 Dec 1835 - 23 Jan 1893) [NYTR1895A, NYTR1895B, NYP1895A, NYP1895B, NYH1895B, CHU1895B, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	his family and friends [NYTR1895A]
Date:	Installed ca. Aug 1895 [NYTR1895B, NYP1895A]
	Unveiled 3 Nov 1895 [NYH1895B]
Inscription:	THEY THAT BE WISE SHALL SHINE AS THE / BRIGHTNESS OF THE FIRMAMENT AND / THEY THAT TURN MANY TO RIGHTEOUS / -NESS SHALL SHINE AS THE STARS FOREVER AND EVER // THE GREAT PREACHER THE * SCHOLAR / THE FAITHFUL PRIEST THE WISE BISHOP / THE DEVOTED FRIEND THE LOVING BROTHER / * [PHOTO]
Location:	south wall [NYP1895A, NYH1895B, CHU1895B]
Comment:	The tablet is the top half of the memorial, with the bottom half being a bronze bas-relief of the bishop by William Clark Noble, with a marble and onyx frame made by Tiffany [NYTR1895A, NYTR1895B, NYP1895A, NYH1895B, CHU1895B]
	There is a 1910 Tiffany window in memory of Brooks in Wellesley College chapel (SITE:21.43.1) [DEDUCED]

References

CHU1895A:	The Churchman (13 Jul 1895, p. 50)
CHU1895B:	The Churchman (14 Dec 1895, p. 782-793)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DT2013:	Donald Traser, personal communication (24 Aug 2013)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1912:	History of the Parish of the Incarnation, New York City, J. Newton Perkins (1912, p. 134-135)
INDEP1889:	The Independent (17 Oct 1889, p. 7)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
NYH1895A:	New York Herald (24 Mar 1895, fifth section, p. 8)
NYH1895B:	New York Herald (4 Nov 1895, p. 5)
NYP1895A:	New York Press (18 Aug 1895, p. 4)
NYP1895B:	New York Press (22 Dec 1895, Part V, p. 5)
NYS1895:	New York Sun (9 Jun 1895, p. 5)
NYT1895A:	New York Times (20 Jan 1895)
NYT1895B:	New York Times (10 Jun 1895, p. 9)
NYTR1894:	New York Daily Tribune (8 Apr 1894, p. 5)
NYTR1895A:	New York Daily Tribune (3 Feb 1895, p. 22)
NYTR1895B:	New York Daily Tribune (7 Aug 1895, p. 7)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
STREETVIEW:	Google StreetView
TIFF1886:	Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886)
TIFF1893:	Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893)
TIFF1896:	Memorial Windows, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896)
TIFF1897:	A List of Windows: And Extracts from Letters & Newspapers, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1897)
TIFF1910:	A Partial List of Tiffany Windows, Tiffany Studios (1910)