| Status: |
Removed [DEDUCED] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Steel Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Education [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 104 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 221 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 61 |
| Signature: |
COPYRIGHT 1897 / TIFFANY GLASS & DECORATING CO. [PHOTO] |
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| Other documentation: |
[PT1894, NYT1897A, NYT1897B, EAGLE1897, CHU1897, KIND1897, PI1900, NYMT1900, CL1900, REV1903] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [KIND1897, CAC1898, THOM1901] |
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and/or Louis Comfort Tiffany [EAGLE1897, KIND1897] |
| Memorial details: |
Edward Thomas Steel (6 Jan 1835 - 14 Aug 1892), President of the Board of Education 1879-1889 [INSCRIPTION, PT1894, NYT1897A, NYT1897B, CHU1897, KIND1897, PT1898, PI1900, NYMT1900, CL1900, REV1903, HAND1922, FINDAGRAVE, PHIL1911] |
| Donor: |
his daughters, Anna Lewis Steel Grayson and Helen Steel Jones [PT1894, PT1898, NYMT1900, CL1900, FINDAGRAVE, PHIL1911] |
| Date: |
Initial design by Oct 1894 [PT1894] |
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Design copyright 1896 [KIND1897] |
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Signature copyright 1897 [SIGNATURE] |
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Being made Feb 1897 [NYT1897A] |
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Exhibited at Tiffany Studios, Feb 1897 [CHU1897] |
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Exhibited at Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Jun 1897 [NYT1897B] |
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Exhibited in London, ca. Mar 1900 [PI1900, NYMT1900, CL1900] |
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Exhibited at 1900 Paris Exposition [NYMT1900, CL1900] |
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Unveiled 22 Nov 1902 (at same time as building dedicated) [REV1903, HAND1922] |
| Size: |
20' x 14' [PT1894, REV1903, HAND1922] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO, EAGLE1897, REV1903, HAND1922] |
| Inscription: |
IN MEMORY OF THE LOVE / EDWARD T STEEL / BORE THE CHILDREN OF / PHILADELPHIA / BORN JAN 1835 DIED AUG 14 1892 [PHOTO, DEDUCED] |
| Category: |
Education; Medallion |
| Location: |
assembly room [PHOTO, PT1898, HAND1922, HIST1925] |
| Cost: |
$15000 [NYMT1900, CL1900] |
| History: |
The lower central medallion was sold at Sotheby's, New York, "Important Works of Art by Louis Comfort Tiffany", sale 7402, 4 Dec 1999 [COTT2020] |
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It was sold for $63160 (hammer price) at Cottone Auctions, lot 57, 23 Mar 2019 [COTT2020] |
| CAC1898: |
Eleventh Annual Exhibition of the Chicago Architectural Club (1898, p. 53, 55) |
| CHU1897: |
The Churchman (6 Mar 1897, p. 392) |
| CL1900: |
The Cleveland Leader (20 Mar 1900, p. 4) |
| COTT2020: |
Cottone Auctions, Geneseo, NY (1 Apr 2020, Lot 57) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| EAGLE1897: |
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (1 Mar 1897, p. 5) |
| FINDAGRAVE: |
Findagrave.com, for deducing biographical or genealogical information |
| HAND1922: |
Handbook of the Central High School of Philadelphia (1922, p. 103-105) |
| HIST1925: |
Byways and Boulevards in and about Historic Philadelphia, Francis Burke Brandt and Henry Volkmar Gummere (1925, p. 160) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| KAHN2016: |
David Kahn (Central High School archivist and historian), personal communication (13 Jun 2016) |
| KIND1897: |
Kindergarten Magazine (Apr 1897, Vol. IX, p. 598-602) |
| NYMT1900: |
New York Morning Telegram (20 Mar 1900, p. 6) |
| NYT1897A: |
New York Times (27 Feb 1897, Saturday Review of Books and Arts, p. 5) |
| NYT1897B: |
New York Times (2 Jun 1897) |
| PHIL1911: |
Colonial Families of Philadelphia, John W. Jordan (ed.) (1911, Vol. II, p. 1626-1627) |
| PHOTO: |
Photo of item |
| PI1900: |
Philadelphia Inquirer (11 Mar 1900, p. 2) |
| PT1894: |
The Philadelphia Times (21 Oct 1894, p. 20) |
| PT1898: |
The Philadelphia Times (16 Jun 1898, p. 4) |
| REV1903: |
The School Review (Apr 1903, p. 243) |
| SIGNATURE: |
Signature on item |
| THOM1901: |
Munsey's Magazine, William H. Thomas (Dec 1901, p. 386-395) |
| 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) |
| WIKI: |
Wikipedia |
