| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Easton Memorial Window (Poor Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
The Beatitudes [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 88 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 218 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 53 |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[BS1895, NYT1896, NYTR1896, NYW1896, NYH1896, NYO1896, EAGLE1896, CHU1896] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [NYT1896, NYTR1896, NYW1896, NYH1896, EAGLE1896, CHU1896] |
| Memorial details: |
Mary Augusta Ward (Mrs. Alfred H.) Easton (13 Sep 1836 - 23 Apr 1894) [BS1895, NYTR1896, NYW1896, NYH1896, CHU1896, NYO1896, WEB, NYET1892, NYT1894] |
| Donor: |
her daughter, Anna Louise Easton (Mrs. Charles Lane) Poor [BS1895, CHU1896, FINDAGRAVE, NYET1892] |
| Date: |
Being made Nov 1895 [BS1895] |
|
Exhibited Jan 1896 [NYW1896, NYH1896, EAGLE1896] |
|
Installed ca. May 1896 [CHU1896] |
| Size: |
about 20' in diameter [BS1895] |
| Inscription: |
Blessed / are the poor in / spirit for theirs / kingdom / of Heaven // Blessed / persecuted / for righteousness's / theirs is / om of Heav // Blessed are / the meek for they shall inherit the earth // Blessed ar / which do hunger and thirst / righteousness for / be filled // Blessed / are the merciful / for they / shall / obtain mercy // Blessed / are the pure in heart for / they / shall see God // Blessed are / that / mourn for they shall b / comforted // Blessed / are the / Peace-makers for / be called the children / of God [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Beatitude; Round Window |
| Cost: |
nearly $5000 [BS1895] |
| Restoration: |
Restored by Art Femenella, 2015 [ORG] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 call this the Poor Memorial Window because Mrs. Poor was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
|
Tiffany 1897 (p. 83) quotes the 1896 New York Herald article [TIFF1897] |
| BS1895: |
Baltimore Sun (28 Nov 1895, p. 6) |
| CHU1896: |
The Churchman (16 May 1896, p. 679) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| EAGLE1896: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (26 Jan 1896, p. 21) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| NYET1892: |
New York Evening Telegram (19 Apr 1892, p. 4) |
| NYH1896: |
New York Herald (25 Jan 1896, p. 10) |
| NYO1896: |
The New York Observer (30 Jan 1896, p. 146-147) |
| NYT1894: |
New York Times (24 Apr 1894) |
| NYT1896: |
New York Times (23 Jan 1896, p. 10) |
| NYTR1896: |
New York Daily Tribune (23 Jan 1896, p. 16) |
| NYW1896: |
New York World (23 Jan 1896, p. 4) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| TIFF1886: |
Announcement in American Architect and Building News, Tiffany Glass Company (6 Feb 1886) |
| TIFF1893: |
Chicago Exposition booklet, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1893) |
| 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 |