| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Longfellow Memorial Window (Mitchell Memorial Window) |
| Description: |
ornamental [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
|
burial at sea of Viking god Balder the Beautiful [ORG] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 80 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 216 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[APJ1901, KW1901, APEP1907] |
| Designer: |
Theodore Russell Davis [APJ1901, APEP1907] |
| Designer comment: |
Tiffany Studios quoted $1500 for the cost of the window as designed by Davis, so the design was modified by Tiffany Studios to reduce the cost to the $600 which had been raised [APJ1901] |
| Memorial details: |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (27 Feb 1807 - 24 Mar 1882) [APJ1901, KW1901, APEP1907, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
public donations in particular raised by Elizabeth Mary Roberts Mitchell (Mrs. Henry) Mitchell, Louise Schaffer (Mrs. Theodore Russell) Davis, the Ladies' Literary society and the Present Day Club [APJ1901, APEP1907, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Aug 1901 [APJ1901, KW1901] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
HIAWATHA / EVANGELINE / LADDER OF ST AUGUSTINE / GOD'S ACRE / ARROW & THE SONG / RESIGNATION / THE CHILDREN'S HOVR / HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW / TEGNE'RS DRAPA / TALES OF A WAYSIDE INN / *ANGING OF THE C* / THE PSALM OF LIFE / EXCELSIOR // THEY LAVNCHED THE BVRNING SHIP / IT FLOATED FAR AWAY / OVER THE MISTY SEA / TILL LIKE THE SVN IT SEEMED / SINKING BENEATH THE WAVES [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Ornamental |
| Cost: |
$600 [APJ1901, KW1901, APEP1907] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Mitchell Memorial Window so likely Mrs. Mitchell organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| APEP1907: |
Asbury Park Evening Press (3 Jun 1907, p. 1) |
| APJ1901: |
Asbury Park Journal (23 Aug 1901, p. 5) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| KW1901: |
Keyport Weekly (30 Aug 1901, p. 2) |
| 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) |
