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Yale University, Linsley-Chittenden Hall, New Haven, Connecticut

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
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Site Id: 8.23.9
Rating: 1 star
Address: 63 High Street
Location: New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA
Lat/Lng: 41.30844, -72.92969
Tiffany 1910: Page 46
Duncan 1980: Page 209
Tiffany 1897: Page 29
Tiffany 1893: Not listed
Tiffany 1886: Not listed
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1888-1890 [WEB]
Architect: J.C. Cady [NYT1889A, NYEP1889, NYH1889A, EPOCH1889]
Also of interest:

Site Items

8.23.9.1: Lusk Memorial Window: Education (1889) (Extant) item has a photo

Item 8.23.9.1

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Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence: High
Memorial name: Lusk Memorial Window (Chittenden Memorial Window)
Theme: Education [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910: Page 46
Duncan 1980: Page 209
Tiffany 1897: Page 29
Signature:
Other documentation: [NYH1888, NYT1889A, NYT1889B, NYT1889C, NYTR1889, NYEP1889, NYH1889A, NYH1889B, NHMJC1889, HC1889, BET1889, BJ1889, EPOCH1889, CRIT1889, NEYR1890, ART1914]
Designer: Louis Comfort Tiffany [NYH1888, NYT1889A, NYT1889B, NYTR1889, NYEP1889, NYH1889A, NHMJC1889, BET1889, NEYR1890]
Memorial details: Mary Hartwell Chittenden Lusk (18 Aug 1840 - 13 Sep 1871) [INSCRIPTION, NYT1889B, NYT1889C, NYEP1889, NYH1889A, NYH1889B, NHMJC1889, BET1889, BJ1889, EPOCH1889, NEYR1890, WEB]
Donor: her father, Simeon B. Chittenden [NYT1889A, NYT1889B, NYEP1889, NYH1889A, NYH1889B, NHMJC1889, BET1889, BJ1889, EPOCH1889, NEYR1890]
Date: Exhibited May 1889 at Tiffany Studios [NYT1889B, NYTR1889, NYEP1889, NYH1889A, NHMJC1889, EPOCH1889, CRIT1889]
Installed Jul 1889 [NYT1889C, NYH1889B, HC1889, BET1889, BJ1889]
Size: 23' 4" wide x 5' 3" high [NYH1889A]
30' wide [MORSE2015]
Lancets: 3 [PHOTO]
Inscription: FORM / COLOR / IMAGINATION / ART // PERCEPTION // DEVOTION / LABOR / TRVTH / LIGHT LOVE LIFE / PVRITY / FAITH / HOPE / SCIENCE / RESEARCH / INTVITION / REVERENCE / INSPIRATION / RELIGION // IN MEMORIAM / MARY / HARTWEL(L) / LVS(K) // LAW // RHYTHM / MELODY / HARMONY / VERSE / VOICE / MVSIC [PHOTO]
Category: Education
Cost: $8000 [NYT1889C, NYH1889B, BET1889, BJ1889]
Tiffany/Duncan comment: Tiffany 1910 calls this the Chittenden Memorial Window because Mr. Chittenden was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Tiffany 1897 (p. 79) quotes an extract from the Boston Post saying that the window is a "wonderful production" [TIFF1897]
Comment: There is a cartoon for the window in the collection of the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art (SITE:11.7.1) [MORSE2015]

References

ART1914: The Art Work of Louis C. Tiffany (1914)
BET1889: Boston Evening Transcript (22 Jul 1889, p. 6)
BJ1889: Boston Journal (22 Jul 1889, p. 2)
CRIT1889: The Critic (1 Jun 1889, p. 277)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
DUNC1980: Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
EPOCH1889: The Epoch (24 May 1889, p. 262)
HC1889: Hartford Courant (20 Jul 1889, p. 6)
INSCRIPTION: Inscription on item
MORSE2015: Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art website (museum object 60-010) (6 Jun 2015)
NEYR1890: New Englander and Yale Review (Jul 1890, p. 92-98)
NHMJC1889: New Haven Daily Morning Journal and Courier (24 May 1889, p. 2)
NYEP1889: New York Evening Post (22 May 1889, p. 8)
NYH1888: New York Herald (22 Dec 1888, p. 2)
NYH1889A: New York Herald (24 May 1889, p. 8)
NYH1889B: New York Herald (21 Jul 1889, p. 22)
NYT1889A: New York Times (17 Jan 1889)
NYT1889B: New York Times (24 May 1889)
NYT1889C: New York Times (27 Jul 1889)
NYTR1889: New York Daily Tribune (22 May 1889, p. 12)
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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