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Tiffany Census

Emmanuel Resurrection Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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: 33.35.1
Rating: 1 star
Address: 8201 Frankford Avenue
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19136, USA
Lat/Lng: 40.04281, -75.02324
Tiffany 1910: Page 98 and 101
Duncan 1980: Page 220 and 221
Tiffany 1897: Page 60
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 lists the church twice, once under Holmesburg, which is part of Philadelphia, and once under Philadelphia, as it appears in Tiffany 1897 [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1857-1858 [ORG]
Architect: Samuel Sloan [CENS1993]
Also of interest:

Site Items

33.35.1.1: Bourns Memorial Window: Figure of Christ (1895) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 33.35.1.1

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Bourns Memorial Window:  Figure of Christ
Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Bourns Memorial Window (Wilson Memorial Window)
Theme: Figure of Christ [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Our Saviour [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 98 and 101
Duncan 1980: Page 220 and 221
Tiffany 1897: Page 60
Signature: none seen [CENS1993]
Other documentation: [JOUR1896]
Designer:
Memorial details: Rev. William H. Bourns (d. 15 Dec 1851) and Frances Barker Chapman Bourns (17 Dec 1817 - 14 Aug 1893) [INSCRIPTION, JOUR1896, CENS1993, FINDAGRAVE, WEB]
Donor: bequest in the will of Frances [HIST1895, JOUR1896]
Date: Placed 16 Nov 1895 [ORG]
Size: 10' high x 2'8" wide [CENS1993]
Lancets: 1 [PHOTO, CENS1993]
Inscription: In memoriam / Reverend William H / and Frances B Bourns [PHOTO, CENS1993]
Category: Christ
Location: chancel [JOUR1896]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 lists the window twice, once as the Wilson Memorial Window under Holmesburg, and once as the Bourns Memorial Window under Philadelphia, as it also appears in Tiffany 1897 [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
The reference to Wilson Memorial Window possibly indicates that William Bender Wilson, a vestryman of the church at the time, was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Census Id: F2

References

CENS1993: Census of Stained Glass Windows in America, M. Eby (22 Jan 1993)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
FINDAGRAVE: Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information
HIST1895: History of Emmanuel Church, Holmesburg: Together with a Historical Leaf for 1894, William Bender Wilson (1895, p. 48)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
JOUR1896: Journal of the One Hundred and Twelfth Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Diocese of Pennsylvania (1896, p. 231)
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)
WEB: Some general webpage, e.g. for deducing biographical or genealogical information

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