Tiffany Census

Trinity Church Oxford, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id:	33.51.11
Rating:	1 star
Address:	Oxford Avenue at Longshore Avenue
Location:	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111, USA
Lat/Lng:	40.05441, -75.08639
Tiffany 1910:	Page 101
Duncan 1980:	Page 221
Tiffany 1897:	Page 59
Tiffany 1893:	Listed
Tiffany 1886:	Not listed
Completeness:	High
Building status:	Extant
Building date:	1711 [CENS1992]
Architect:
Also of interest:

Site Items

33.51.11.1:	Buchanan Memorial Window: Christ the Consoler (1895) (Extant)
33.51.11.2:	Whitaker Memorial Window: Baptism of Christ (1888) (Extant)

Item 33.51.11.1

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Buchanan Memorial Window: Christ the Consoler

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Buchanan Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ the Consoler [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 101
Duncan 1980:	Page 221
Tiffany 1897:	Page 59
Signature:	none seen [CENS1992]
Other documentation:	[NYT1895, CHU1895, LC1895]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Rev. Edward Young Buchanan (30 May 1811 - 25 Jan 1895) [INSCRIPTION, PI1895, NYT1895, CHU1895, LC1895, CENS1992]
Donor:	parishioners and friends [CENS1992]
Date:	Installed ca. Aug 1895 [NYT1895, CHU1895, LC1895]
Size:	5'4" high x 6'3" wide [CENS1992]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Inscription:	on bronze tablet beneath window: In Loving Memory of the / Rev. Edward Young Buchanan D.D. / 1854 Rector of Trinity Church, Oxford, Philadelphia 1882 / Ordained by Bishop White and for Sixty-two Years a Minister of Christ in his native State / of Pennsylvania, at Allegheny, Meadville, Pequea, Leacock, Paradise, Philadelphia / Born at Mercersburg, May 30 1811 Died at Philadelphia, January 20 1895. Lord, Thou hast been our Refuge from one generation to another [PHOTO, CHU1895, LC1895]
Category:	Christ the Consoler
After design:	Painting by Bernhard Plockhurst [NYT1895, CHU1895]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 and Tiffany 1910 just call it a Memorial Window without a name [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Census Id:	L1

Item 33.51.11.2

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Whitaker Memorial Window: Baptism of Christ

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

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Whitaker Memorial Window
Theme:	Baptism of Christ [LC1888, CENS1992]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 101
Duncan 1980:	Page 221
Tiffany 1897:	Page 59
Signature:	none seen [CENS1992]
Other documentation:	[PI1888, LC1888]
Designer:
Memorial details:	William Whitaker, Jr. [LC1888, PT1901, CENS1992, WHIT1984]
	and also Whitaker children [LC1888, CENS1992]
Donor:	wife / mother, Ann Lord Whitaker [LC1888, CENS1992, WHIT1984]
Date:	Unveiled Easter Sunday, 1 Apr 1888 [LC1888, PI1888]
Size:	6'8" high x 11' wide [LC1888]
	7' high x 10'3" wide [CENS1992]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Inscription:	ECCE AGNUS DEI [PHOTO, CENS1992]
Category:	Baptism
Census Id:	100

References

CENS1992:	Census of Stained Glass Windows in America, R. Brown and M. Eby (1 Jul 1992)
CHU1895:	The Churchman (24 Aug 1895, p. 220)
DUNC1980:	Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980)
INSCRIPTION:	Inscription on item
LC1888:	The Living Church (14 Apr 1888, p. 23)
LC1895:	The Living Church (24 Aug 1895, p. 368)
NYT1895:	New York Times (18 Aug 1895, p. 23)
PHOTO:	Photo of item
PI1888:	Philadelphia Inquirer (3 Apr 1888, p. 2)
PI1895:	Philadelphia Inquirer (25 May 1895, p. 5)
PT1901:	The Philadelphia Times (25 Nov 1901, p. 6)
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)
WHIT1984:	Pennsylvania History: The Whitaker Mill, 1813-1843: A Case Study Of Workers, Technology And Community In Early Industrial Philadelphia, Mary McConaghy (Jan 1984, Vol. 51, p. 30-53)