| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Memorial name: |
Brandreth Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Parable of the Prodigal Son [NYT1892, YS1892, PCC1892, NYEP1892, ORG] |
| Signature: |
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| Documentation: |
[ARCH1893] |
| Memorial details: |
Virginia Graham Brandreth (11 Jun 1822 - 7 Oct 1890) [INSCRIPTION, NYT1892, FINDAGRAVE] |
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and also Dr. Benjamin Holmes Brandreth (23 Jun 1809 - 19 Feb 1880) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
Misses Brandreth [NYEP1892] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Mar 1892 [NYT1892, YS1892, PCC1892, NYEP1892] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
BLESSED / ARE / THE DEAD / WHO DIE / IN / THE LORD // TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / BENJAMIN BRANDRETH / AND VIRGINIA HIS WIFE // FOR THEY / REST FROM / THEIR LABORS [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Prodigal Son |
| Location: |
south transept [YS1892, ORG] |
| Comment: |
The 1892 articles say that the window was just in memory of Mrs. Brandreth, and with an inscription that is very different from the actual inscription [NYT1892, YS1892, PCC1892, NYEP1892] |
| ARCH1893: |
Catalogue of the Ninth Annual Exhibition of the Architectural League of New York (1893, p. lxv, entry 454) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| NYEP1892: |
New York Evening Post (13 Apr 1892, p. 9) |
| NYT1892: |
New York Times (1 Apr 1892, p. 2) |
| NYTR1891: |
New York Daily Tribune (30 Dec 1891, p. 12) |
| NYTR1892: |
New York Daily Tribune (15 Apr 1892, p. 4) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| PCC1892: |
Putnam County Courier (8 Apr 1892, p. 5) |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| YS1892: |
The Yonkers Statesman (1 Apr 1892, p. 3) |