Tiffany Census

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, Worcester, Massachusetts

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:	21.49.1
Rating:	3 stars
Address:	695 Southbridge Street
Location:	Worcester, Massachusetts 01610, USA
Lat/Lng:	42.24345, -71.81146
Tiffany 1910:	Page 73
Duncan 1980:	Page 215
Tiffany 1897:	Page 44
Tiffany 1893:	Not listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1894-1895 [WDS1895C]
Architect:	Earle & Fisher [WDS1895C]
Also of interest:

Site Items

21.49.1.1:	Whittall Memorial Window: Ascension (1895) (Extant)
21.49.1.2:	Wetmore Memorial Window: Nativity (1895) (Extant)
21.49.1.3:	Adoring Angels (1895) (Extant)
21.49.1.4:	Clarke Memorial Window: River Jordan (1913) (Extant)
21.49.1.5:	Let the children come to me (1913) (Extant)
21.49.1.6:	Parker Memorial Window: Our Lord's Baptism (1913) (Extant)
21.49.1.7:	Jesus in the Temple (1913) (Extant)
21.49.1.8:	The Calling of St. Matthew (1913) (Extant)
21.49.1.9:	Paget and Whittall Memorial Window: The Good Shepherd (1913) (Extant)
21.49.1.10:	Jesus before Pilate (1913) (Extant)
21.49.1.11:	The Angel greets Mary (1913) (Extant)

Item 21.49.1.1

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Whittall Memorial Window
Theme:	Ascension [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 73
Duncan 1980:	Page 215
Tiffany 1897:	Page 44
Signature:
Other documentation:	[BJ1895A, WDS1895A, WDS1895C]
Designer:	probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED]
Designer comment:	Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896]
Memorial details:
Donor:	Matthew John Whittall and Ellen Paget Whittall [INSCRIPTION, WDS1895C]
Date:	Installed ca. Apr 1895 [WDS1895A]
	In place when church consecrated 22 May 1895 [BJ1895A, WDS1895C]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO]
Inscription:	I AM THE RESVRRECTION AND THE LIFE HE / THAT BELIEVETH IN ME THOVGH HE WERE / DEAD YET SHALL HE LIVE JOHN XI:XXV // A THANK OFFERING TO THE GLORY OF GOD / BY MATTHEW JOHN WHITTALL / AND HIS WIFE ELLEN PAGET WHITTALL / AD 1895 [PHOTO]
Category:	Ascension
Location:	chancel [PHOTO, WDS1895A, BJ1895A]
Restoration:	Restored 2004 by Stained Glass Resources [DG2021]

Item 21.49.1.2

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Wetmore Memorial Window
Theme:	Nativity [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 73
Duncan 1980:	Page 215
Tiffany 1897:	Page 44
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WDS1895A, WDS1895C]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Daniel Van Cott Wetmore (13 Nov 1791 - 13 Sep 1881) and his wife Cynthia Maria Wetmore (14 Jun 1808 - 15 Mar 1879) [INSCRIPTION]
Donor:	Mr. and Mrs. Denby [WDS1895C]
Date:	In place when church consecrated 22 May 1895 [WDS1895C]
Inscription:	AN OFFERING OF THANKSGIVING TO GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF DANIEL VAN COTT WETMORE / BORN NOV 13 1791 DIED SEPT 13 1881 / AND OF HIS WIFE / CYNTHIA MARIA WETMORE / BORN JVNE 14 1808 DIED MARCH 15 1879 [PHOTO]
Category:	Nativity; Round Window

Item 21.49.1.3

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Theme:	Adoring Angels [PHOTO]
Description:	altar and reredos [TIFFM1896, WDS1895A, WDS1895B, WDS1895C, BJ1895B]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Other Tiffany documentation:	Tiffany Mosaic 1896 lists the altar and reredos [TIFFM1896]
Signature:
Other documentation:	[WDS1895A, WDS1895B, WDS1895C, BJ1895B]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Matthew John Whittall and Ellen Paget Whittall [WDS1895C]
Date:	Installed ca. May 1895 [WDS1895B, BJ1895B]
	In place when church consecrated 22 May 1895 [WDS1895C]
Inscription:
Category:	Adoring Angels
Location:	chancel [PHOTO]

Item 21.49.1.4

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Clarke Memorial Window
Theme:	River Jordan [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[LC1913]
Designer:
Memorial details:	William Edward Clarke [INSCRIPTION]
Donor:	his sister, Gertrude Clarke Whittall [INSCRIPTION, LC1913]
Date:	Inscription 1912 [INSCRIPTION]
	Unveiled Palm Sunday, 16 Mar 1913 [LC1913]
Lancets:	3 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Inscription:	Given in loving / memory of my / beloved brother // William Edward Clarke // Gertrude / Clarke Whittall / 1912 [PHOTO]
Category:	Landscape

Item 21.49.1.5

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Theme:	Let the children come to me [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[NYH1912, LC1913]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Joseph Harper and Sarah Harper [INSCRIPTION, LC1913]
Date:	Inscription 1912 [INSCRIPTION]
	Exhibited Dec 1912 [NYH1912]
	Dedicated 25 Dec 1912 [NYH1912]
	Unveiled Palm Sunday, 16 Mar 1913 [LC1913]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Inscription:	A Thank Offering to Almighty God / for the many blessings vouchsafed to us // Presented by / Joseph and Sarah Harper - A.D. 1912 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Category:	Christ Blessing Children

Item 21.49.1.6

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Parker Memorial Window: Our Lord's Baptism

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Parker Memorial Window
Theme:	Our Lord's Baptism [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[LC1913]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Thomas Parker (10 Aug 1852 - 9 Nov 1893) and Mary Pollard Parker (14 Jul 1852 - 27 Sep 1894) [INSCRIPTION, LC1913, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	their son-in-law, James Verner Critchley, and their daughter, Maude Hanna Parker Critchley [INSCRIPTION, LC1913, WEB]
Date:	Inscription 1912 [INSCRIPTION]
	Exhibited Dec 1912 [NYH1912, DEDUCED]
	Dedicated 25 Dec 1912 [NYH1912, DEDUCED]
	Unveiled Palm Sunday, 16 Mar 1913 [LC1913]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Inscription:	To the Glory of God and in loving memory of / Thomas and Mary Parker // Gift of James Verner and / Maude Parker Critchley - A.D. 1912 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Category:	Baptism

Item 21.49.1.7

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Theme:	Jesus in the Temple [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[LC1913]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Edwin Butcher and Mary E. Butcher [INSCRIPTION, LC1913]
Date:	Inscription 1912 [INSCRIPTION]
	Exhibited Dec 1912 [NYH1912, DEDUCED]
	Dedicated 25 Dec 1912 [NYH1912, DEDUCED]
	Unveiled Palm Sunday, 16 Mar 1913 [LC1913]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Inscription:	To the Glory of God - A thank Offering // by Edwin and Mary E. Butcher - 1912 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Category:	Disputation in the Temple

Item 21.49.1.8

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Theme:	The Calling of St. Matthew [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[NYH1912, LC1913]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Wallace Turner and Helen Hinsley Turner [INSCRIPTION, LC1913]
Date:	Inscription 1912 [INSCRIPTION]
	Exhibited Dec 1912 [NYH1912]
	Dedicated 25 Dec 1912 [NYH1912]
	Unveiled Palm Sunday, 16 Mar 1913 [LC1913]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Inscription:	To the Glory of God and in Gratitude / and Thanksgiving this window is erected // by Wallace Turner and his / wife Helen Hinsley Turner - 1912 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Category:	St. Matthew

Item 21.49.1.9

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Paget and Whittall Memorial Window: The Good Shepherd

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Paget and Whittall Memorial Window
Theme:	The Good Shepherd [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[NYH1912, LC1913]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Caroline Paget and Ellen Page Whittall (10 Jul 1848 - 25 Nov 1895) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE]
Donor:	their sister, Charlotte Hinsley [INSCRIPTION, LC1913]
Date:	Inscription 1912 [INSCRIPTION]
	Exhibited Dec 1912 [NYH1912]
	Dedicated 25 Dec 1912 [NYH1912]
	Unveiled Palm Sunday, 16 Mar 1913 [LC1913]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Inscription:	Given in loving memory of my sister / Caroline Paget / By Charlotte Hinsley - 1912 // Given in loving memory of my sister / Ellen Paget Whittall / By Charlotte Hinsley - 1912 [PHOTO]
Category:	Christ the Good Shepherd

Item 21.49.1.10

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Theme:	Jesus before Pilate [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[NYH1912, LC1913]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	Matthew Percival Whittall and Betsey Whitin Whittall [INSCRIPTION, LC1913]
Date:	Inscription 1912 [INSCRIPTION]
	Exhibited Dec 1912 [NYH1912]
	Dedicated 25 Dec 1912 [NYH1912]
	Unveiled Palm Sunday, 16 Mar 1913 [LC1913]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Inscription:	With Thanksgiving and Praise / to Almighty God // Matthew Percival Whittall and his / wife Betsey Whitin Whittall - 1912 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Category:	Christ

Item 21.49.1.11

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:
Theme:	The Angel greets Mary [ORG]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STVDIOS / NEW YORK [PHOTO]

Other documentation:	[NYH1912, LC1913]
Designer:
Memorial details:
Donor:	James Earle Whitin and Edgeworth Whittall Whitin [INSCRIPTION, LC1913]
Date:	Inscription 1912 [INSCRIPTION]
	Exhibited Dec 1912 [NYH1912]
	Dedicated 25 Dec 1912 [NYH1912]
	Unveiled Palm Sunday, 16 Mar 1913 [LC1913]
Lancets:	2 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Inscription:	A Thank Offering / to the Glory of God // James Earle Whitin and his wife / Edgeworth Whittall Whitin - 1912 [PHOTO, LC1913]
Category:	Resurrection without Christ

References

BJ1895A:	Boston Journal (9 Apr 1895, p. 10)
BJ1895B:	Boston Journal (15 May 1895, p. 9)
DEDUCED:	Deduced from other information
DG2021:	David Giovaninni (Stained Glass Resources, Hampden, MA), personal communication (13 May 2021)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE:	Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
LC1913:	The Living Church (22 Mar 1913, p. 748)
NYH1912:	New York Herald (19 Dec 1912, p. 11)
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)
TIFF1896:	Memorial Windows, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896)
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)
WDS1895A:	Worcester Daily Spy (9 Apr 1895, p. 1)
WDS1895B:	Worcester Daily Spy (16 May 1895, p. 8)
WDS1895C:	Worcester Daily Spy (23 May 1895, p. 1, 5)
WEB:	Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information