Tiffany Census

Tulane University, Woldenberg Art Center, Newcomb Art Gallery, New Orleans, Louisiana

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:	18.2.5
Rating:	1 star
Address:	Plum Street
Location:	New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA
Lat/Lng:	29.94187, -90.12103
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

18.2.5.1:	Newcomb Memorial Window: The Resurrection (1895) (Extant)
18.2.5.2:	Callender Memorial Window: Supper at Emmaus (Extant)

Item 18.2.5.1

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Newcomb Memorial Window
Theme:	The Resurrection [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 57
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Page 36
Signature:
Other documentation:	[PIC1895A]
Designer:	probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1893, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1893 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1893]
Memorial details:	Harriot (or Harriott or Harriet) Sophie Newcomb (29 Jul 1895 - 16 Dec 1870) [PIC1895A, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	Frank Walter Callender [PIC1895A]
	her mother, Josephine Louise Newcomb [ORG]
Date:	Commissioned 1894 [ORG]
	Installed by Apr 1895 [PIC1895A]
Size:	each lancet 8' high x 3' wide [FEM1997]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO, PIC1895A, PIC1895B]
Inscription:	A LOVING TRIBUTE TO // HARRIOT SOPHIE NEWCOMB // FROM FRANK WALTER CALLENDER 1895 [PIC1895A, PIC1895B]
Category:	Resurrection with Christ
History:	Originally located in the Chapel of the Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (SITE:18.2.1) [ORG]
	Removed from there in 1918 when College vacated site, and then placed into storage [HIST1919]
Restoration:	Restored at Jack Cushen Studio (co-owner Arthur J. Femenella) in ca. 1992 [FEM1997]
Same as item:	18.2.1.1

Item 18.2.5.2

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Callender Memorial Window
Theme:	Supper at Emmaus [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 57
Duncan 1980:	Page 211
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Frank Walter Callender [ORG]
Date:	Commissioned 1895 [ORG]
	Installed 1896 [ORG]
Size:	each lancet 110" high x 50" wide [FEM1997]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:
Category:	Emmaus
History:	Originally located in the Chapel of the Sophie Newcomb Memorial College (SITE:18.2.1) [ORG]
	Removed from there in 1918 when College vacated site, and then placed into storage [HIST1919]
Restoration:	Restored at Jack Cushen Studio (co-owner Arthur J. Femenella) in ca. 1992 [FEM1997]
Comment:	The window is not listed in Tiffany 1897 so the 1896 installation date might not be correct [TIFF1897, DEDUCED]
Same as item:	18.2.1.5

References

DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FEM1997:	Stained Glass, The Tiffany Windows of Newcomb College, Arthur J. Femenella (Winter 1997, Vol. 92, No. 4, p. 286-295)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1919:	A Brief History of H. Sophie Newcomb Memorial College 1887-1919, Brandt. V.B. Dixon (1919, p. 92-93, 183-184)
ORG:	Organization
PHOTO:	Photo of item
PIC1895A:	New Orleans Daily Picayune (19 Apr 1895, p. 11)
PIC1895B:	New Orleans Daily Picayune (29 Sep 1895, p. 24)
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)