Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Clapp Memorial Window (Smith Memorial Window) |
Theme: |
St. James the Great [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 113 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 223 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Page 64 |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
[VS1894, CHU1894] |
Designer: |
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Memorial details: |
Rev. Joel Clapp (4 Sep 1793 - 24 Feb 1861) [VS1894, CHU1894, WSA1907] |
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and also his wife, Abigail Peckham Clapp (15 Aug 1788 - 20 Mar 1845) [VS1894] |
Donor: |
bequest of their daughter, Mary M. Clapp [VS1894, CHU1894] |
Date: |
Installed ca. Sep 1894 [VS1894] |
Size: |
144" high x 96" wide [ORG, DEDUCED] |
Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
In memory of the Founder and First Rector of this church, and in memory of his wife: Rev Joel Clapp, D.D., born Sept. 4, 1793, died Feb. 24, 1861. Abigail Clapp, born Aug. 15, 1788, died Mar. 20, 1845. [VS1894] |
Category: |
St. James; Ornamental |
History: |
Originally located in previous (1827) building of congregation on the same site [CHU1894, ORG, DEDUCED] |
Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
The Tiffany 1910 entry for the church under Woodstock, CT, calls this the Smith Memorial Window, so likely the pastor at the time, Rev. Francis Wyman Smith, was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
CHU1894: |
The Churchman (15 Sep 1894, p. 293) |
DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
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) |
VS1894: |
The Vermont Standard (6 Sep 1894, p. 1) |
WSA1907: |
Woodstock Spirit of the Age (18 May 1907, p. 3) |