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Tiffany Census

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id: 14.1.6
Rating: 1 star
Address: 4000 Michigan Road
Location: Indianapolis, Indiana 46208, USA
Lat/Lng: 39.82594, -86.18545
Tiffany 1910: Not listed
Duncan 1980: Not listed
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date:
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

14.1.6.1: Harrison Memorial Window: St. Michael (1904) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 14.1.6.1

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Harrison Memorial Window:  St. Michael
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Harrison Memorial Window
Theme: St. Michael [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Angel of the Resurrection [ORG]
Tiffany 1910: Page 55
Duncan 1980: Page 211
Tiffany 1897: Not listed
Other Tiffany documentation: Tiffany 1918 lists the window [TIFF1918]
Signature: TIFFANY STVDIOS [PHOTO]
signature
Other documentation: [IN1904, NYP1904, NYS1904, NYO1904, HP1904, IS1906]
Designer: Frederick Wilson [IN1904, NYP1904, NYS1904, NYO1904, HP1904, IS1906, IS1909]
Memorial details: President Benjamin Harrison (20 Aug 1833 - 13 Mar 1901) [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, INSCRIPTION, IN1904, NYP1904, NYS1904, NYTR1904, NYO1904, HP1904, IS1906, IS1909, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor: his second wife, Mary Scott Lord Dimmick Harrison [INSCRIPTION, IN1904, NYP1904, NYS1904, NYTR1904, NYO1904, HP1904, FINDAGRAVE]
Date: Design copyright 1904 [IS1909]
Unveiled 20 Nov 1904 [IN1904, NYP1904, NYTR1904, NYO1904, HP1904]
Unveiled 13 Nov 1904 [NYS1904]
Size: 348" high x 168" wide [ORG]
Lancets: 2 rows of 5 [PHOTO]
Inscription: Awake thou / that sleepest / Arise from / the dead and // Christ shall / give thee light // 1833 / In Loving Memory of / BENJAMIN HARRISON / Erected by his wife Mary Lord Harrison 1904 / 1901 [PHOTO, IN1904, NYP1904, NYS1904, NYO1904]
Category: St. Michael; Angel of Resurrection
Cost: $1500 [BHPS2013]
History: Originally installed in First Presbyterian Church, Indianapolis, IN (SITE:14.1.3) [ORG]
Donated to the museum in 1972 [ORG]
Comment: The Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site has a 1903 watercolor drawing of the window, initialed by Frederick Wilson [BHPS2013]
Same as item: 14.1.3.1

References

BHPS2013: Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site, personal communication (13 Mar 2013)
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HP1904: The Herald and Presbyter (23 Nov 1904, p. 15)
IN1904: The Indianapolis News (12 Nov 1904, p. 23)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
IS1906: The International Studio, Coloured Glass Windows - The Supremacy of the Modern School, W.H. Thomas (Aug 1906, Vol. XXIX, Number 114, p. XLV)
IS1909: The International Studio, The Art of Frederick Wilson and its Message: An Appreciation, Minna C. Smith (Jul 1909, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 152, p. XCVII-C)
NYO1904: The New York Observer (17 Nov 1904, p. 618)
NYP1904: New York Press (13 Nov 1904, p. 6)
NYS1904: New York Sun (13 Nov 1904, p. 1)
NYTR1904: New York Daily Tribune (13 Nov 1904, p. 9)
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)
TIFF1918: Tributes to Honor, Tiffany Studios (1918)

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