| Status: |
Removed [SMART1998] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Leighton Memorial Mosaic |
| Theme: |
Truth [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 65 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 213 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Co. [SMART1998] |
| Other documentation: |
[HIST1900, OUT1903] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [SMART1998] |
| Memorial details: |
John William Leighton (26 Feb 1825 - 6 Oct 1897) [HIST1900, FINDAGRAVE] |
| Donor: |
his wife and daughter [HIST1900] |
| Date: |
Unveiled 19 Nov 1899 [BH1899B, BJ1899, HIST1900] |
| Size: |
8' high x 4' wide [HIST1900, BPL2010, SMART1998] |
| Inscription: |
THE TRUTH SHALL MAKE YOU FREE. / PRESENTED IN MEMORY OF / JOHN WILLIAM LEIGHTON / BY HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER. / ERECTED A.D. 1899 [HIST1900] |
| Category: |
Truth |
| History: |
Originally located in previous building for congregation, Copley Square, Boston, MA (SITE:21.4.12) [SMART1998] |
|
In 1914 moved with congregation to Beacon Street [SMART1998] |
|
After Second Church merged with First Church in 1970, the Beacon Street building was sold to Ruggles Street Baptist Church, who sold the mosaic at Skinner, Bolton, MA, 30 Sep 1983 [SMART1998, SOTH2024] |
|
Sold for $300000 (including commission), Sotheby's, New York, The Doros Collection: The Art Glass of Louis Comfort Tiffany, Volume IV: Tiffany's Travel and Exploration, 13 Dec 2024 [SOTH2024] |
| Same as item: |
21.4.12.1 |
| Status: |
Removed [ORG_NEW] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Eager Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Mather Addressing British Commission [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 65 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 213 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
Tiffany Glass & Decorating Co., 1899 [DT2012] |
| Other documentation: |
[OUT1903] |
| Designer: |
|
| Memorial details: |
George Henry Eager (3 Nov 1833 - 1 Jan 1897) [INSCRIPTION, BH1899A, BH1899B, BJ1899, HIST1900] |
| Donor: |
his wife, Mariette Maverette Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Crosby Eager, and daughter, Gertrude Crosby Eager Raymond [INSCRIPTION, BH1899A, BH1899B, HIST1900, WEB] |
| Date: |
Design copyright 1899 [OUT1903] |
|
Unveiled 19 Nov 1899 [BH1899B, BJ1899, HIST1900] |
| Lancets: |
2 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
Protest of Increase Mather // against the Surrender of the // Colony Charter to the English // Commisioners AD 1683-84 // John Mayo. John Lathrop. / Increase Mather. Henry Ware, Jr. / Cotton Mather. Ralph Waldo Emerson / Joshua Gee. Chandler Robbins. / Samuel Mather. Robert Laird Collier. / Samuel Checkley. Edward Augustus Horton. / Thomas Van Ness. // Erected in The 250th year of / the founding of the Second / Church in Boston to com- / memorate its Ministers, and / presented in loving memory of / George Henry Eager by / His Wife And Daughter, 1899 [PHOTO, HIST1900, BPL2010] |
| Category: |
Historic Figure |
| History: |
Originally located in previous building for congregation, Copley Square, Boston, MA (SITE:21.4.12) [ORG, WEB] |
|
In 1914 moved with congregation to Beacon Street [ORG, WEB] |
|
In 1970 moved to First Church after merger between the two congregations [ORG] |
| Same as item: |
21.4.5.2; 21.4.12.2 |
| BH1899A: |
Boston Herald (12 Nov 1899, p. 37) |
| BH1899B: |
Boston Herald (20 Nov 1899, p. 1, 3) |
| BJ1899: |
Boston Journal (20 Nov 1899, p. 6) |
| BPL2010: |
Boston Public Library Print Department (29 Nov 2010 (photo date of old undated print)) |
| DT2012: |
Donald Traser, personal communication (18 Sep 2012) |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| HIST1900: |
The Second Church in Boston (1900, p. 8, 17, 191-194) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| ORG_NEW: |
Organization that is new owner |
| OUT1903: |
Outlook, "A Nest of Liberty", Rev. Thomas Van Ness (7 Nov 1903, p. 548-560) |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| SMART1998: |
Quarterly of the Stained Glass Association of America, An Historical Interpretation of the Tiffany Truth Windows, James G. Smart (Spring 1998, Vol. 93, No. 1, p. 24-31) |
| SOTH2024: |
Sotheby's catalogue (13 Dec 2024, lot 549) |
| 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 |