Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Phelps Memorial Window |
Theme: |
St. Cecilia [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 20 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 204 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Page 15 |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
[NYH1887, HIST1897] |
Designer: |
|
Memorial details: |
Orson Phelps (17 Dec 1805 - 15 Mar 1870), an engineer who assisted with the Welland Canal and the Erie Canal Locks at Lockport, and Mary Louise Phelps (15 Jan 1849 - 10 Jun 1871) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1897, ORG, FINDAGRAVE] |
Donor: |
wife / mother, Calista F. Phelps [BAH2011] |
Date: |
1887 [ORG] |
Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
Maria Louise Phelps / Died Jun 10 1871 // Orson Phelps / Died Mar 15 1870 [PHOTO] |
Category: |
St. Cecilia |
After design: |
ca. 1515 painting, the Ecstasy of St. Cecilia, by Raphael [PHOTO] |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Mixer Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Christ Making the Blind to See [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 20 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 204 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Page 15 |
Signature: |
|
Other documentation: |
[NYH1887, HIST1897] |
Designer: |
|
Memorial details: |
Dr. Sylvester Mixer (27 Dec 1816 - 16 Sep 1883) and his daughters Mary Knowlton (Minnie) Mixer (27 Jun 1856 - 29 Dec 1876) (died in Ashtabula Bridge Disaster) and Annie Knowlton Mixer (16 Jan 1854 - 26 Feb 1854) [NYH1887, HIST1897, FINDAGRAVE, WEB] |
Donor: |
wife / mother, Mary Elizabeth Knowlton Mixer [ORG] |
Date: |
Installed ca. Jul 1887 [NYH1887] |
|
Unveiled 10 Jul 1887 [NYH1887] |
Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
AND WITH THE MORN / THOSE ANGEL FACES SMILE // WHICH WE HAVE LOVED LONG / SINCE AND LOST AWHILE [PHOTO] |
Category: |
Christ |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
McCredie Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Gabriel and Raphael [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980, ORG] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 20 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 204 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Page 15 |
Signature: |
|
Other documentation: |
[BCOMM1897, HIST1897] |
Designer: |
probably Frederick Wilson [TIFF1896, DEDUCED] |
Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition for Raphael [TIFF1896] |
Memorial details: |
James McCredie (7 Nov 1818 - 21 May 1888), banker and vestry member, and his wife, Caroline McCredie (8 Feb 1819 - 29 Jan 1891) [INSCRIPTION, CHU1897, HIST1897, ORG] |
Donor: |
the church vestry [BCOMM1897, HIST1897] |
Date: |
Ordered 26 Jan 1897 [BCOMM1897] |
|
Placed in the church 1 September 1897 [HIST1897] |
Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO, BCOMM1897, CHU1897] |
Inscription: |
JAMES McCREDIE / BORN NOVEMBER 7 1816 / DIED MAY 21 1888 // CAROLINE M McCREDIE / BORN FEBRUARY 8 1819 / DIED JANUARY 29 1891 // BENEFACTORS // OF THIS PARISH [PHOTO] |
Category: |
Gabriel; Raphael |
Cost: |
$1000 [BCOMM1897] |
BAH2011: |
Buffalo Architecture and History website (6 Nov 2011) |
BCOMM1897: |
The Buffalo Commercial (27 Jan 1897, p. 11) |
CHU1887: |
The Churchman (5 Feb 1887, p. 162) |
CHU1897: |
The Churchman (2 Oct 1897, p. 420) |
DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
HIST1897: |
History of Trinity Church, Mary E. Mixer (ed.) (1897, p. 98, 126, 127) |
INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
NYH1887: |
New York Herald (7 Jul 1887, p. 4) |
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) |
WEB: |
Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information |