| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Wilkinson Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Christ Blessing Little Children [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 36 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 207 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 24 |
| Signature: |
TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY / NEW YORK [PHOTO] |
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| Other documentation: |
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| Designer: |
probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED] |
| Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896] |
| Memorial details: |
Joseph Brownell Wilkinson (7 Oct 1817 - 22 Jan 1890) [INSCRIPTION, TDT1896B, CHU1897, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
his wife, Sarah Shaffer Wilkinson [TDT1896B, CHU1897, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
In place when building re-dedicated on 27 Dec 1896 [TDT1896B] |
| Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
Suffer little children // to come unto me / Luke / 18 16 // To the Glory of God // and in Memory of // Joseph Brownlee // Wilkinson [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Christ Blessing Children |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Gilbert Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
The Resurrection [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 36 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 207 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 24 |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[TDT1896B, CHU1897] |
| Designer: |
probably Edward Peck Sperry [TIFF1896, DEDUCED] |
| Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Sperry as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896] |
| Memorial details: |
Uri Gilbert (10 Jul 1809 - 17 Jun 1888) and Frances Harriet Granger Gilbert (14 Dec 1811 - 6 Dec 1889) [TDT1896A, TDT1896B, CHU1897, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
their daughter, Mary Ellen Gilbert [TDT1896A, TDT1896B, CHU1897, FINDAGRAVE] |
|
and also their daughter, Frances Adelaide Gilbert [TDT1896B, CHU1897, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
In place when building re-dedicated on 27 Dec 1896 [TDT1896B] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
And very early in the morning, the first day / of the week, they came unto the sepulchre / at the rising of the sun. St. Mark XVI 2 // **** // So they ran both together and the other / disciple did outrun Peter, and came first / to the sepulchre. St. John XX 4 [PHOTO, DEDUCED] |
| Category: |
Resurrection with Christ |
| Location: |
east (chancel) window [TDT1896B, CHU1897, PHOTO] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 (p. 90) quotes an extract from a letter by Mary Gilbert enclosing a check and saying that the window was very beautiful [TIFF1897] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Knight Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
St. John's Vision of the Holy City [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 36 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 207 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[TDT1898, TDT1899A, TDT1899B, NYT1899, NYH1899, AEJ1899, CHU1899, NYO1899, CRIT1899] |
| Designer: |
Agnes Northrop [TDT1899A] |
|
Louis Comfort Tiffany [NYT1899, TDT1899B, AEJ1899] |
| Memorial details: |
Charles Bills Knight (10 Dec 1866 - 27 Oct 1898) [TDT1898, TDT1899A, TDT1899B, TDT1899C, CHU1899, PROC1899, HUHN2002, FINDAGRAVE, WEB] |
| Donor: |
his mother, Charlotte H. Bills (Mrs. Fitz Henry) Knight [TDT1898, TDT1899A, TDT1899B, TDT1899C, PROC1899, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Exhibited Apr 1899 [NYH1899, NYO1899] |
|
Dedicated 23 Apr 1899 [TDT1899B, TDT1899C] |
| Size: |
21' high x 15' wide [TDT1899B, CHU1899, NYO1899] |
| Lancets: |
5 [PHOTO, TDT1898, TDT1899B, CHU1899, NYO1899, PROC1899] |
| Inscription: |
I WAS IN / THE SPIRIT OF / THE LORD'S DAY / (AN)D HEARD BEHIND // ME A GREAT VOICE // SAYING WHAT // THOV SEEST WRITE // IN A BOOK + // AND I JOHN SAW // THE HOLY CITY + // NEW JERVSALEM // COMING DOWN FROM // GOD OVT OF HEAVEN // AND THE BVILDING OF // THE WALL IT WAS OF // JASPER AND THE CITY // + WAS PVRE GOLD // LIKE VNTO CLEAR GLASS // AND THE FOVNDATIONS // OF THE // WALL OF THE CITY // WERE GARNISHED WITH // ALL MANNER OF PRECIOVS // STONES // AND THE TWELVE // GATES WERE TWELVE // PEARLS AND THE CITY HAD // NO NEED OF THE SVN // NEITHER OF THE MOON // TO SHINE IN IT FOR // THE GLORY OF GOD DID // LIGHTEN IT + AND // THE + LAMB + IS THE // LIGHT THEREOF + // AND THERE WAS NO + // MORE SEA + // IN / LOVING MEMORY / OF CHARLES BILLS KNIGHT // ++ 1866 + 1898 [HUHN2002, PHOTO] |
| Category: |
St. John; Landscape |
| Location: |
over main entrance [TDT1899A, PROC1899, STREETVIEW] |
| AEJ1899: |
The Albany Evening Journal (8 Apr 1899, p. 9) |
| CHU1897: |
The Churchman (9 Jan 1897, p. 76) |
| CHU1899: |
The Churchman (3 Jun 1899, p. 810) |
| CRIT1899: |
The Critic (Jun 1899, p. 556) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| GKK2023: |
Grace Kennings-Kwiatkowska, personal communication (18 Jun 2023) |
| HUHN2002: |
letter to David Huhn, Properties Chair, St. John's Episcopal Church, possibly from Diane Rousseau, Cummings Studios (via Ned Pratt) (ca. 2002) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| NYH1899: |
New York Herald (9 Apr 1899, p. 9) |
| NYO1899: |
New York Observer (20 Apr 1899, p. 510-511) |
| NYT1899: |
New York Times (5 Apr 1899, p. 14) |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| PROC1899: |
Journal of the Proceedings of the Thirty-first Annual Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Albany (1899, p. 258) |
| SIGNATURE: |
Signature on item |
| STREETVIEW: |
Google StreetView |
| TDT1896A: |
Troy Daily Times (27 Nov 1896, p. 3) |
| TDT1896B: |
Troy Daily Times (26 Dec 1896, p. 3) |
| TDT1898: |
Troy Daily Times (13 Dec 1898) |
| TDT1899A: |
Troy Daily Times (11 Apr 1899, p. 3) |
| TDT1899B: |
Troy Daily Times (22 Apr 1899, p. 3) |
| TDT1899C: |
Troy Daily Times (24 Apr 1899, p. 3) |
| 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) |
| WEB: |
Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
