| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Morrisson Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Gutenberg and the Early Printers [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 55 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 211 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 35 |
| Signature: |
TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING COMPANY / NEW YORK 1894 [PHOTO] |
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| Other documentation: |
[IJ1895, IN1895, CRIT1895] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson and Joseph Lauber [IJ1895, IN1895, CRIT1895] |
| Memorial details: |
Robert Morrisson (19 Oct 1786 - 12 Sep 1865), James Lindley Morrisson (9 Jul 1817 - 12 Aug 1893) and Robert Morrisson (27 Dec 1842 - 1888) [INSCRIPTION, IJ1895, IN1895, FINDAGRAVE, WEB] |
| Donor: |
great-grandchildren / grandchildren / children, James W. Morrisson and Bertha Morrisson [IJ1895, IN1895, ORG, FINDAGRAVE, WEB] |
| Date: |
Signature 1894 [SIGNATURE] |
|
Dedicated 4 Mar 1895 [IJ1895] |
| Inscription: |
ROBERT MORRISSON 1786 - 1865 / JAMES LINDLEY MORRISSON 1817 - 1893 / ROBERT MORRISSON 1842 - 1888 // CAXTON ALDVS / PLANTIN VOSTRE // DANTE 1265-1321 1562-1635 DE VEGA GOETHE 1749-1832 1622-1673 MOLIERE / BOOKS LET US INTO THE / SOULS OF MEN / AND LAY OPEN / TO US THE SECRETS / OF OUR OWN // SHAKESPEARE 1564-1616 1328-1400 CHAVCER MILTON 1609-1674 1561-1626 BACON / STVDY AS IF YOU WERE TO / LIVE FOREVER / LIVE AS IF / YOU WERE TO / DIE TOMORROW [PHOTO] |
| Category: |
Historic Figure |
| History: |
Originally installed in the previous library building on the same site [ORG] |
| Tiffany/Duncan comment: |
Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 spell the names as Morrison and Guttenberg [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Comment: |
The window is separated into four pieces [PHOTO] |
| CRIT1895: |
The Critic (19 Oct 1895, p. 251) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| IJ1895: |
The Indianapolis Journal (14 Apr 1895, p. 12) |
| IN1895: |
The Indianapolis News (16 May 1895, p. 5) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| SIGNATURE: |
Signature on 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 |
