| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
War Memorial Mosaic |
| Theme: |
The Prayer of the Christian Soldier [BP1919B, ET1919] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
| Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Other Tiffany documentation: |
Tiffany Mosaic 1896 and Tiffany 1918 show an earlier design for the mosaic, in memory of Ernest George Whitehouse [TIFFM1896, TIFF1918] |
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Tiffany 1922 shows a design for the mosaic [TIFF1922] |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
[BP1919A, BP1919B, ET1919, HP1919] |
| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Captain John Case Phelps (29 Jun 1883 - 18 Oct 1918), James Knight Nichols (1881-1918), Captain Alexander Dickson Wilson, William E. Lippacher (4 Jun 1895 - 15 Mar 1919), Major Harold D. MacLachlan (d. 27 Sep 1918) [INSCRIPTION, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
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| Date: |
Ordered Feb 1919 [BP1919A] |
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Exhibited May 1919 [NYT1919, NYH1919, NYS1919] |
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Dedicated 26 Oct 1919 [ET1919] |
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Or dedicated 9 Nov 1919 [BP1919B] |
| Size: |
7'3" high x 4'6" wide [ORG] |
| Inscription: |
Our Father which art in heaven / hallowed be thy name. Thy / kingdom come thy will be / done on earth as it is in heaven. / Give us this day our daily / bread and for- / give us our trespasses, as / we / forgive / those who trespass against us and / lead us / not into temptation / but deliver us from evil. (some text obscured by the soldier) // In Honored Memory / Captain John C Phelps USA/ James A Nichols USA / Captain Alexander D Wilson USA / William E Lippacher USN / Major Harold D MacLachlan, USA [PHOTO, BP1919B, ET1919, TIFF1922] |
| Category: |
Christian Knight; War Memorial |
| Comment: |
The Haworth Art Gallery, Accrington, England (SITE:46.3.1) has a design drawing and mosaic sampler for the mosaic [BERRY2021] |
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There is a 1921 Tiffany marble tablet in memory of Captain Phelps in the County Courthouse, Binghamton, NY (SITE:3.14.3) [DEDUCED] |
| BERRY2021: |
Gillian Berry (Gallery Manager, Hawarth Art Gallery), personal communication (23 Mar 2021) |
| BP1919A: |
Binghamton Press (14 Feb 1919, p. 16) |
| BP1919B: |
Binghamton Press (25 Oct 1919, p. 8) |
| BP1945: |
Binghamton Press (30 Nov 1945, p. 3) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| ET1919: |
Elmira Telegram (26 Oct 1919, p. 2) |
| EVAN1895: |
The Evangelist (14 Nov 1895, p. 15) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| HABS1963: |
Historic American Buildings Survey (1963) |
| HP1919: |
Herald and Presbyter (26 Nov 1919, p. 12) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| NYH1919: |
New York Herald (21 May 1919, p. 8) |
| NYS1919: |
New York Sun (25 May 1919, p. 12) |
| NYT1919: |
New York Times (18 May 1919, p. 6) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| TGM2017: |
Tiffany's Glass Mosaics, Kelly A. Conway and Lindsy R. Parrott (mosaic list compiled by Morgan T. Albahary) (2017, p. 228) |
| 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) |
| TIFF1922: |
Memorials in Glass and Stone, Tiffany Studios, (1922, second edition) |
| TIFFM1896: |
Glass Mosaic, Tiffany Glass & Decorating Company (1896) |
