Status: |
Removed [CHR1999, DEDUCED] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Wisner Memorial Window (Jones Memorial Window) |
Theme: |
Te Deum [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 106 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 221 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
TIFFANY STVDIOS NEW YORK [CHR1999] |
Other documentation: |
[PG1905B, WBT1905, WBSWR1905, CHU1905] |
Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [PG1905B, WBT1905, WBSWR1905] |
Memorial details: |
Rensselaer Jay Wisner (2 Mar 1820 or 4 Mar 1821 - 18 Jan 1883 or 1884), his first wife, Anna Evelyn Johnson Wisner (27 Feb 1828 - 8 Mar 1862) and his second wife, Margaret Falls Wisner (15 Aug 1823 - 9 Jan 1896) [PG1905B, WBSWR1905, INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE, CHR1999] |
Donor: |
daughter / daughter / step-daughter, Louise Evelyn Wisner (Mrs. Thomas Edward) Jones [PG1905B, WBT1905, WBSWR1905, FINDAGRAVE] |
Date: |
In place when church consecrated, 11 May 1905 [PG1905B, WBT1905, WBSWR1905, CHU1905] |
Size: |
about 12' high x 7' wide [WBSWR1905] |
|
each lancet sold at Christie's, 6' 3" high x 1' 9" wide [CHR1999] |
Lancets: |
4 [WBSWR1905] |
Inscription: |
In memory of // Rensselaer J Wisner / March 4 1821 - January 18 1884 // Anna Evelyn Johnson Wisner / February 27 1828 - March 8 1862 // Margaret Falls Wisner / August 15 1823 - January 9 1896 [WBSWR1905, CHR1999, PHOTO, DEDUCED] |
Category: |
Te Deum |
Location: |
chancel [PG1905B, WBT1905, WBSWR1905, CHU1905] |
History: |
The two central lancets were sold at Christie's 29 Nov 1999, for $63000 [CHR1999, DEDUCED] |
Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Jones Memorial Window because Mrs. Jones was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
CHR1999: |
Christie's, New York (29 Nov 1999, Live auction 9286, Lot 282) |
CHU1905: |
The Churchman (20 May 1905, p. 776) |
DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
PG1904: |
The Pittston Gazette (17 Oct 1904, p. 8) |
PG1905A: |
The Pittston Gazette (10 May 1905, p. 1) |
PG1905B: |
The Pittston Gazette (20 May 1905, p. 7) |
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) |
WBSWR1905: |
Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record (23 May 1905, p. 5) |
WBT1905: |
The Wilkes-Barre Times (20 May 1905, p. 2) |