Site Id: |
49.2.2 |
Rating: |
3 stars |
Other name(s): |
Erskine and American Church |
Address: |
1380 Rue Sherbrooke O |
Location: |
Montréal, Québec H3G 1J5, Canada |
Lat/Lng: |
45.49918, -73.57983 |
Tiffany 1910: |
Not listed |
Duncan 1980: |
Not listed |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Tiffany 1893: |
Not listed |
Tiffany 1886: |
Not listed |
Completeness: |
High |
Building status: |
Extant |
Building date: |
1893-1894 [ORG_OLD] |
Architect: |
Alexander Cowper Hutchison [HIST1999] |
Comment: |
When the windows were moved to this location in 1938, by Hobbs Glass, some of the inscription panels were reinstalled on the incorrect windows [HIST1999] |
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The incription panels were reinstalled in their correct locations in ca. 2011 [ORG] |
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Building purchased by the museum in 2008 [ORG] |
Also of interest: |
1901 Holden Memorial Window, "The Good Housewife", designed by Edward Peck Sperry and made by Calvert and Kimberly (likely sub-contracted from Church Glass and Decorating Company) [MG1901, CK1904, PART2009, DEDUCED] |
49.2.2.1: |
Lyman Memorial Window: Christ at Emmaus (1897) (Extant) |
49.2.2.2: |
Wells Memorial Window: The Good Shepherd (1897) (Extant) |
49.2.2.3: |
Nelson Memorial Window: Angel of Praise (1905) (Extant) |
49.2.2.4: |
Cassils Memorial Window: Faith (1902) (Extant) |
49.2.2.5: |
Babcock Memorial Window: St. Paul (1902) (Extant) |
49.2.2.6: |
Greene Memorial Window: Come Unto Me (1902) (Extant) |
49.2.2.7: |
McWilliams Memorial Window: Christ Blessing Children (1902) (Extant) |
49.2.2.8: |
Hastings Memorial Window: Faith (1902) (Extant) |
49.2.2.9: |
Nelson Memorial Window: Cornelius and Angel (1902) (Extant) |
49.2.2.10: |
Greene Memorial Window: Angel of Resurrection (1902) (Extant) |
49.2.2.11: |
Childs Memorial Window: Nativity (1902) (Extant) |
49.2.2.12: |
Cassils Memorial Window: St. Agnes (1902) (Extant) |
49.2.2.13: |
Cassils Memorial Window: Shepherd (1902) (Extant) |
49.2.2.14: |
Cassils Memorial Window: Madonna and Child (1902) (Extant) |
49.2.2.15: |
Angel (1902) (Extant) |
49.2.2.16: |
Angel of Glory (1902) (Extant) |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Lyman Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Christ at Emmaus [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Page 66 |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
[MG1897] |
Designer: |
Edward Peck Sperry [TCL2009] |
Memorial details: |
Benjamin Lyman (11 Jun 1810 - 6 Dec 1878) [INSCRIPTION, MG1897, ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Donor: |
his children, Charles Lyman and Mrs. Els [MG1897] |
Date: |
Dedicated 5 Sep 1897 [MG1897] |
Size: |
395 cm high x 152 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
IN MEMORY OF / BENJAMIN LYMAN // ABIDE WITH US FOR IT IS TOWARD / EVENING AND THE DAY IS FAR SPENT [PHOTO, HIST1999, ORG_OLD] |
Category: |
Emmaus |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.1 |
Organization Id: |
2008.427.1-9 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Wells Memorial Window (Cheney Memorial Window) |
Theme: |
The Good Shepherd [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Page 66 |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
[MG1897] |
Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [TCL2009, TIFF1896] |
Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896] |
Memorial details: |
Rev. George Huntington Wells (10 May 1839 - 13 Mar 1897) [INSCRIPTION, MG1897, FINDAGRAVE] |
Donor: |
the congregation [HIST1999] |
Date: |
Dedicated 5 Sep 1897 [MG1897] |
Size: |
395 cm high x 152 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
IN MEMORIAM GEORGE H WELLS D D // PASTOR OF THIS CHURCH / 1871 TO 1899 [PHOTO] |
Category: |
Christ the Good Shepherd |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 call this the Cheney Memorial Window, so possibly Gilman Cheney, elder and Board of Trustees chairman, was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.2 |
Organization Id: |
2008.429.1-9 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Nelson Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Angel of Praise [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
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Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [TCL2009] |
Memorial details: |
Albert D. Nelson (1843-1904) [TCL2009, ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Donor: |
Anna S. Warren Nelson, and their children [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Date: |
1904-1905 [TCL2009] |
Size: |
190 cm high x 63 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
IN LOVING MEMORY OF / ALBERT D. NELSON / 1843-1904 / THIS WINDOW IS PLACED BY HIS / WIFE AND CHILDREN [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Category: |
Angel of Praise |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.3 |
Organization Id: |
2008.431 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Cassils Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Faith [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
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Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [TCL2009] |
Memorial details: |
William Cassils (25 Jun 1832 - 25 Dec 1891) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1999] |
Donor: |
his family [HIST1999] |
Date: |
Installed 1902 [HIST1999] |
Size: |
190 cm high x 63 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
IN MEMORIAM / WILLIAM CASSILS / 1832 - 1891 [PHOTO] |
Category: |
Faith; Truth |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Cassills [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Comment: |
The window design is normally what Tiffany would call "Truth", and possibly this item should have been called "Truth", given that there is another "Faith" window (ITEM:49.2.1.9) [DEDUCED] |
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The background of the window was modified when it was moved in 1938 [HIST1999] |
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It was modified again in ca. 2011 [PHOTO] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.4 |
Organization Id: |
2008.441 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Babcock Memorial Window (Ross Memorial Window) |
Theme: |
St. Paul [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
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Designer: |
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Memorial details: |
Michael Babcock (d. 28 Nov 1899) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1999] |
Donor: |
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Date: |
Installed 1902 [HIST1999] |
Size: |
190 cm high x 63 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MICHAEL BABCOCK / 'BLESSED ARE THE PVRE IN HEART' [PHOTO, HIST1999] |
Category: |
St. Paul |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 calls this the Ross Memorial Window so likely Mr. Babcock's daughter, Ida Elizabeth Babcock Ross, was at least one of the donors and was the person who organised the window with the Tiffany company [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED] |
Comment: |
The background of the window was modified when it was moved in 1938 [HIST1999] |
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It was modified again in ca. 2011 [PHOTO] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.5 |
Organization Id: |
2008.436 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Greene Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Come Unto Me [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
Tiffany Studios [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Other documentation: |
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Designer: |
attributed to Frederick Wilson [TCL2009] |
Memorial details: |
Jean Malloch Greene (1839 - 7 Jan 1888) [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Donor: |
|
Date: |
Installed 1902 [HIST1999] |
Size: |
190 cm high x 63 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
IN LOVING MEMORY OF / JEAN MALLOCH GREENE / 1839-1888 / WIFE OF GEORGE A. GREENE [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Category: |
Christ |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Green [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.6 |
Organization Id: |
2008.444 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
McWilliams Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Christ Blessing Children [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
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Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [TCL2009, TIFF1896] |
Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of (the right side of) a similar composition [TIFF1896] |
Memorial details: |
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Donor: |
Thomas Samuel McWilliams and Susan Probasco Nipgen McWilliams [INSCRIPTION, HIST1999] |
Date: |
1902 [TCL2009] |
Size: |
190 cm high x 63 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
OF SVCH IS THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN / THE GIFT OF THOMAS S. AND SVSAN N. MCWILLIAMS / IN MEMORY OF TEN HAPPY YEARS [PHOTO] |
Category: |
Christ Blessing Children |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.8 |
Organization Id: |
2008.443 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Hastings Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Faith [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
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Designer: |
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Memorial details: |
Margaret Olgivie Hastings (2 May 1821 - 18 May 1890) [ORG_OLD, HIST1999, FINDAGRAVE] |
Donor: |
her daughter, Maria Hastings [HIST1999] |
Date: |
Installed 1902 [HIST1999] |
Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
IN LOVING MEMORY OF / MARGARET OGILVIE HASTINGS / 1821-1890 [ORG_OLD] |
Category: |
Faith |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.9 |
Organization Id: |
2008.445 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Nelson Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Cornelius and Angel [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
|
Other documentation: |
|
Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [TCL2009, TIFF1896] |
Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of (the right side of) a similar composition [TIFF1896] |
Memorial details: |
Horatio Admiral Nelson (22 Oct 1816 - 24 Dec 1882) and Maria Davidson Nelson (d. 25 Jun 1882) [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Donor: |
their children [HIST1999] |
Date: |
Installed 1902 [HIST1999] |
Size: |
each pane 190 cm high x 63 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
THY PRAYERS AND THINE ALMS ARE / IN MEMORIAM / H.A. NELSON - M.D. NELSON / FROM THEIR CHILDREN // COME UP FOR A MEMORIAL BEFORE GOD / IN MEMORIAM / H.A. NELSON - M.D. NELSON / FROM THEIR CHILDREN [HIST1999, ORG_OLD] |
Category: |
Cornelius |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Comment: |
The background of the Cornelius pane was modified, and the Angel pane was extended above and below, when the window was moved in 1938 [HIST1999] |
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Both panes were modified again in ca. 2011 [PHOTO] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.10 |
Organization Id: |
2008.435, 2008.437 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Greene Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Angel of Resurrection [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
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Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [TCL2009, TIFF1896] |
Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Wilson as the designer of a similar composition [TIFF1896] |
Memorial details: |
Edward Kirk Greene (d. 3 Dec 1899) [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Donor: |
his family [HIST1999] |
Date: |
Installed 1902 [HIST1999] |
Size: |
190 cm high x 63 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
IN BELOVED MEMORY OF / EDWARD K. GREENE / DECEMBER THIRD 1899 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Category: |
Angel of Resurrection |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1910 spells the name as Green [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Comment: |
The window was extended above and below, when it was moved in 1938 [HIST1999] |
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It was modified in ca. 2011 [PHOTO] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.11 |
Organization Id: |
2008.433 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Childs Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Nativity [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
[MG1902A, MG1902B] |
Designer: |
possibly Edward Peck Sperry [TCL2009, TIFF1896, DEDUCED] |
Designer comment: |
Tiffany 1896 credits Sperry as the designer of a similar composition, although he left Tiffany in 1899 to co-found the Church Glass and Decorating Company and the window dates to 1901/1902 [TIFF1896, DEDUCED] |
Memorial details: |
George Childs (1825 - 14 Apr 1895) and Christian Murphy Childs (d. 5 May 1891) [MG1902A, MG1902B, ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Donor: |
their sons, George A. Childs and Arthur Childs [MG1902A, MG1902B] |
Date: |
Erected 1901 [INSCRIPTION] |
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Installed 1902 [ORG_OLD] |
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Dedicated 9 Feb 1902 [MG1902A, MG1902B] |
Size: |
395 cm high x 152 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO, MG1902A] |
Inscription: |
To the honored memory of / George Childs / and his wife Christian Murphy // Erected by / their sons / 1901 [MG1902A, HIST1999, ORG_OLD] |
Category: |
Nativity |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.13 |
Organization Id: |
2008.428.1-11 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Cassils Memorial Window |
Theme: |
St. Agnes [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
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Designer: |
attributed to Frederick Wilson [TCL2009] |
Memorial details: |
Agnes Simpson Hossack Cassils (1843-1868) [INSCRIPTION, ORG_OLD] |
Donor: |
the Cassils family [HIST1999] |
Date: |
Installed 1902 [HIST1999] |
Size: |
190 cm high x 63 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
IN MEMORIAM / A.S.C. 1843-1868 [PHOTO] |
Category: |
St. Agnes |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Comment: |
The background of the window was modified when it was moved in 1938 [HIST1999] |
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It was modified again in ca. 2011 [PHOTO] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.14 |
Organization Id: |
2008.438 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Cassils Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Shepherd [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
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Other documentation: |
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Designer: |
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Memorial details: |
John Cassils (1800-1880) and Margaret Murray Cassils (1808-1889) [INSCRIPTION, ORG_OLD] |
Donor: |
their children [HIST1999] |
Date: |
Installed 1902 [HIST1999] |
Size: |
190 cm high x 63 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
IN MEMORIAM / J.C. 1800-1880 / M.M.C. 1808-1889 [PHOTO] |
Category: |
Christ the Good Shepherd |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Comment: |
The background of the window was modified when it was moved in 1938 [HIST1999] |
|
It was modified again in ca. 2011 [PHOTO] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.15 |
Organization Id: |
2008.439 |
Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
Confidence: |
High |
Memorial name: |
Cassils Memorial Window |
Theme: |
Madonna and Child [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
Tiffany 1910: |
Page 119 |
Duncan 1980: |
Page 224 |
Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
Signature: |
Tiffany Studios 1902 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Other documentation: |
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Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [TCL2009] |
Memorial details: |
Amy Grizel Cassils (13 Jul 1877 - 14 Nov 1901) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1999] |
Donor: |
|
Date: |
Signature 1902 [SIGNATURE] |
|
Installed 1902 [HIST1999] |
Size: |
190 cm high x 63 cm wide [ORG] |
Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
Inscription: |
IN MEMORIAM / AMY GRIZEL CASSILS / 1877 - 1901 [PHOTO] |
Category: |
Madonna |
History: |
Originally in American Presbyterian Church (SITE:49.2.1), moved here with congregation in 1938 [ORG_OLD, HIST1999] |
Same as item: |
49.2.1.16 |
Organization Id: |
2008.442 |
CK1904: |
Calvert & Kimberly leaflet (1904) |
DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
HIST1999: |
The History of the Tiffany Windows at the Erskine and American Church, Montreal, Christine Johanne Mathieu (Mar 1999) |
INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
MG1897: |
The Montreal Gazette (6 Sep 1897, p. 3) |
MG1901: |
The Montreal Gazette (20 Dec 1901, p. 5) |
MG1902A: |
The Montreal Gazette (8 Feb 1902, p. 9) |
MG1902B: |
The Montreal Gazette (10 Feb 1902, p. 5) |
ORG: |
Organization |
ORG_NEW: |
Organization that is new owner |
ORG_OLD: |
Organization that was previous owner |
PART2009: |
Stained Glass Quarterly, "Whodunit: Or When is a Tiffany not a Tiffany", Phyllis Partridge (Winter 2009, Vol. 104, p. 292-305) |
PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
SIGNATURE: |
Signature on item |
TCL2009: |
Tiffany Color and Light, Rosalind Pepall (2009, p. 224-241) |
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) |