Tiffany Census

First Unitarian Church, Baltimore, Maryland

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:	20.2.4
Rating:	1 star
Other name(s):	First Independent Church
Address:	W. Charles Street and N. Franklin Street
Location:	Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
Lat/Lng:	39.29537, -76.61581
Tiffany 1910:	Page 60
Duncan 1980:	Page 212
Tiffany 1897:	Page 38
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 also list "decorations" and "sedalia and chairs" [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1817 [NRHP1971]
Architect:	J. Maximilian M. Godefroy [NRHP1971]
Also of interest:

Site Items

20.2.4.1:	ornamental (Unknown)
20.2.4.2:	The Last Supper (1897) (Extant)
20.2.4.3:	ornamental windows (Extant)
20.2.4.4:	ornamental windows (1904) (Extant)
20.2.4.5:	demi-lune, symbolic, window (1904) (Extant)

Item 20.2.4.1

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

Status:	Unknown
Confidence:	Medium
Memorial name:
Description:	ornamental [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 60
Duncan 1980:	Page 212
Tiffany 1897:	Page 38
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	chancel [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]

Item 20.2.4.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Theme:	The Last Supper [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Description:	mosaic reredos panel [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 60
Duncan 1980:	Page 212
Tiffany 1897:	Page 38
Other Tiffany documentation:	Tiffany Mosaic 1896 shows a design for the mosaic [TIFFM1896]
Signature:
Other documentation:	[NYT1897A, NYT1897B, NYH1897, BS1897A, EAGLE1897, BSH1897, BS1897B, BS1897C, AA1898]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [TIFFM1896, BS1897B, BS1897C, AA1898, IS1906]
Memorial details:
Donor:	Eaton family [ORG]
Date:	Being made Feb 1897 [NYT1897A]
	Exhibited Jun 1897 [NYT1897B, NYH1897, BS1897A]
	Installed ca. Jun 1897 [NYH1897, BS1897A]
	Unveiled 29 Sep 1897 [BS1897B, BS1897C]
Size:	9' high x 18' long [NYT1897B, NYH1897, BS1897A, EAGLE1897, BSH1897, BS1897B]
Inscription:
Category:	Last Supper
Location:	chancel [PHOTO]
After design:	Painting by Leonardo da Vinci [PHOTO, BS1897C]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 (p. 82) quotes an extract from an article in the New York Church Economist about the mosaic [TIFF1897]
Comment:	This has the same design as the 1901-1902 Last Supper mosaic in the Spa Apartments, Clifton Springs, NY (SITE:3.160.1) [DEDUCED]

Item 20.2.4.3

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Description:	ornamental windows [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	three windows, geometric design [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 60
Duncan 1980:	Page 212
Tiffany 1897:	Page 38
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	The Eaton bequest, the Women's Alliance, and a general subscription of members of the Church [ORG]
Date:
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	east wall [ORG]
Cost:	$500 each [ORG]

Item 20.2.4.4

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Description:	ornamental windows [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
	three windows, geometric design [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 60
Duncan 1980:	Page 212
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Mrs. Enoch Pratt, the Women's Alliance, and a general subscription of members of the Church [ORG]
Date:	Installed in 1904 [ORG]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	west wall [ORG]
Cost:	$500 each [ORG]

Item 20.2.4.5

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Description:	demi-lune, symbolic, window [ORG, PHOTO]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:
Other documentation:	[ORG]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Emma Marburg [ORG]
Date:	1904 [ORG]
Inscription:
Category:	Ornamental
Location:	chancel [PHOTO]

References

AA1898:	The Art Amateur (Jun 1898, Vol. 39, No. 1, p. 10-11)
BS1897A:	Baltimore Sun (21 Jun 1897, p. 10)
BS1897B:	Baltimore Sun (29 Sep 1897, p. 10)
BS1897C:	Baltimore Sun (30 Sep 1897, p. 10)
BSH1897:	Boston Sunday Herald (4 Jul 1897, p. 10)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
EAGLE1897:	Brooklyn Daily Eagle (27 Jun 1897, p. 21)
IS1906:	The International Studio, Glass-Mosaic - An Old Art with a New Distinction, W.H. Thomas (May 1906, Vol. 28, p. LXXII-LXXVIII)
NRHP1971:	National Register of Historic Places, W. Brown Morton III (1971)
NYH1897:	New York Herald (20 Jun 1897, Third Section, p. 3)
NYT1897A:	New York Times (27 Feb 1897, Saturday Review of Books and Art, p. 5)
NYT1897B:	New York Times (20 Jun 1897, p. 15)
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)
TIFFM1896:	Glass Mosaic, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896)