| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Rigg Memorial Window (Pitcairn Memorial Window) |
| Theme: |
Ascension [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 99 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 220 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
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| Other documentation: |
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| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
John Rigg (31 May 1797 - 25 Feb 1855) and Susan Rigg (11 Feb 1802 - 21 Dec 1879) [INSCRIPTION, ADVOC1900, CONF1901] |
| Donor: |
their daughter, Elizabeth E. Rigg (Mrs. Robert) Pitcairn [INSCRIPTION, ADVOC1900, CONF1901] |
| Date: |
In place when building dedicated, 10 Jun 1900 [ADVOC1900] |
| Lancets: |
5 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JOHN RIGG / BORN MAY 31, 1797 - DIED FEBRUARY 25, 1855 // AND HIS WIFE / SUSAN / BORN FEBRUARY 11, 1802 - DIED DECEMBER 21, 1879. // ERECTED BY THEIR DAUGHTER / MRS. ROBERT PITCAIRN / 1900 / "HE LIFTED UP HIS HANDS AND BLESSED THEM." LUKE 24.50 [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Ascension |
| Cost: |
$5000 [ADVOC1900, CONF1901] |
| Restoration: |
Restored 1985 [ORG] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Pitcairn (spelled as Pitcairne) Memorial Window because Mrs. Pitcairn was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
| ADVOC1900: |
The Christian Advocate (21 Jun 1900, p. 1017-1018) |
| CONF1901: |
The minutes of the thirty-third session of the Central Pennsylvania annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church (1901, p. 74) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| 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) |