| Status: |
Removed [NYEP1910] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Matthews Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Adoration of the Kings, Baptism and Resurrection of Our Lord [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, NYP1891, NYEP1891] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 7 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 201 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 7 |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[NYP1891, NYEP1891, NYTR1891, NYE1891, NYEP1910] |
| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Rev. James McFarland Matthews [NYP1891, NYEP1891, NYTR1891, NYE1891] |
| Donor: |
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| Date: |
Unveiled 25 Oct 1891 [NYP1891, NYEP1891, NYTR1891, NYE1891] |
| Size: |
25' high x 13' wide [NYP1891, NYEP1891, NYE1891] |
| Lancets: |
6 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
On bronze tablet: In Memory of the Rev. James McFarland Matthews, D.D., LL.D., the First Minister of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, in Garden Street. Installed Pastor of the Church, July 4th, 1813, in which Office He Continued Until 1840. He was the Founder and First Chancellor of the University of the City of New York. A Preacher of Dignity and Force. A Scholar of Eminence. [NYE1891] |
| Category: |
Nativity; Baptism; Resurrection with Christ |
| Location: |
west end of nave [NYP1891, NYTR1891] |
| History: |
In ca. 1910, installed in new South Reformed Church building on Park Avenue, now Park Avenue Christian Church (SITE:1.1.98) [NYEP1910] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 just calls this a Memorial Window (without a name) [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Comment: |
Taken out from church temporarily in order to be shown at Chicago 1893 Columbian Exposition [NYP1894] |
| Same as item: |
1.1.98.1 |
| A2Z2004: |
From Abyssinian to Zion, A Guide to Manhattan's Houses of Worship, David W. Dunlap (2004, p. 264) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| NYE1891: |
The New York Evangelist (22 Oct 1891, p. 5) |
| NYEP1891: |
New York Evening Post (23 Oct 1891, p. 10) |
| NYEP1910: |
New York Evening Post (31 Dec 1910, Saturday Supplement, p. 7) |
| NYP1891: |
New York Press (26 Oct 1891, p. 2) |
| NYP1894: |
New York Press (28 Jan 1894, Part IV, p. 5) |
| NYT1917: |
New York Times (29 May 1917) |
| NYTR1891: |
New York Daily Tribune (26 Oct 1891, p. 5) |
| 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) |