| Status: |
Removed [ORG] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Van Wickle Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Death of Sir Philip Sidney [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 96 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 220 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
|
| Other documentation: |
[LAFAY1899, LAFAY1900A, LAFAY1900B, SR1900A, SR1900B, ST1900, PT1900, CAT1902, SR1903, HIST1904] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [LAFAY1900A, LAFAY1900B, SR1900A] |
| Memorial details: |
Augustus Stout Van Wickle (3 Jan 1856 - 3 Jun 1898) [LAFAY1900B, SR1900A, MD1900, SR1903, HIST1932, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
his wife, Bessie Pardee Van Wickle (later McKee) [LAFAY1899, LAFAY1900A, LAFAY1900B, SR1900A, SR1900B, ST1900, PT1900, MD1900, CAT1902, HIST1904, HIST1932, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Date: |
Unveiled Founders' Day (sometimes spelled Founder's Day), 24 Oct 1900 [LAFAY1900A, LAFAY1900B, SR1900A, SR1900B, ST1900, PT1900, MD1900, HIST1932] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
"THY NECESSITY IS GREATER THAN MINE." / SIR PHILIP SYDNEY AT THE SIEGE OF ZVTPHEN A.D. 1586. [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Historic Figure |
| Location: |
reading room [CAT1902, HIST1904] |
| History: |
Installed in Skillman Library (SITE:33.25.6) in ca. 2004 [ORG] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Van Winckle [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
|
Duncan 1980 incorrectly states (p. 150) that the window was destroyed by fire [DUNC1980] |
| Same as item: |
33.25.6.2 |
| CAT1902: |
Catalogue of Lafayette College, Seventieth Year, 1901-1902 (1902, p. 103) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| HIST1904: |
Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal Memoirs of the Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, John W. Jordan, Edgar Moore Green, George T. Ettinger (1905, Vol. I, p. 21) |
| HIST1932: |
The Biography of a College Being the History of the First Century of the Life of Lafayette College, David Bishop Skillman (1932, Vol. II, p. 150) |
| LAFAY1899: |
The Lafayette (26 May 1899, p. 231) |
| LAFAY1900A: |
The Lafayette (19 Oct 1900, p. 45) |
| LAFAY1900B: |
The Lafayette (26 Oct 1900, p. 52) |
| MD1900: |
Montrose Democrat (25 Oct 1900, p. 2) |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| PT1900: |
The Philadelphia Times (25 Oct 1900, p. 7) |
| SR1900A: |
The Scranton Republican (24 Oct 1900, p. 4) |
| SR1900B: |
The Scranton Republican (26 Oct 1900, p. 4) |
| SR1903: |
The Scranton Republican (27 Jul 1903, p. 4) |
| ST1900: |
The Scranton Tribune (25 Oct 1900, p. 5) |
| 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) |
