| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Bird Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
The Guardian Angel [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
|
Angel of the Resurrection [ORG] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 112 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 223 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Page 64 |
| Signature: |
The Tiffany Glass Company / 333 and 335 4th Av. New York [PHOTO] |
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| Other documentation: |
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| Designer: |
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| Memorial details: |
Corinne Willie Bird (1868 - 8 Dec 1889) [INSCRIPTION, HIST1954] |
| Donor: |
her husband, John Moylan Bird [HIST1954] |
| Date: |
1890 [HIST1954] |
| Lancets: |
1 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
"I Am The Resurrection And The Life" / IN MEMORIAM / CORINNE WILLIE / ENTERED INTO LIFE / DECEMBER 8, 1889 [PHOTO, HIST1954] |
| Category: |
Guardian Angel; Angel of Resurrection |
| Comment: |
The design for the angel in this window is a precursor to the design for the Angel in the Field of Lilies window in the 1893 Chicago Exposition [PHOTO, DEDUCED] |
| Status: |
Extant [PHOTO] |
| Confidence: |
High |
| Memorial name: |
Sealy Memorial Window |
| Theme: |
Suffer Little Children to Come Unto Me [TIFF1910, DUNC1980] |
| Tiffany 1910: |
Page 112 |
| Duncan 1980: |
Page 223 |
| Tiffany 1897: |
Not listed |
| Signature: |
TIFFANY STVDIOS [PHOTO, DEDUCED] |
| Other documentation: |
[GDN1906A, GDN1906B] |
| Designer: |
Frederick Wilson [GDN1906B] |
| Memorial details: |
George Sealy (9 Jan 1835 - 14 Dec 1901) [INSCRIPTION, CST1906, GDN1906A, GDN1906B, ORG] |
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and also his wife Magnolia Willis Sealy (15 Jun 1854 - 8 Nov 1933) [INSCRIPTION, ORG] |
| Donor: |
Magnolia Willis Sealy, and their family [GDN1906B] |
| Date: |
Installed ca. Sep 1906 [CST1906, GDN1906A] |
|
Dedicated 8 Dec 1906 [GDN1906B] |
| Size: |
30' high x 15' wide [GDN1906A] |
|
26' high [GDN1906B] |
|
20' high x 9' wide [CST1906] |
| Lancets: |
3 [PHOTO] |
| Inscription: |
GEORGE SEALY / JAN. 9, 1835 - DEC. 14, 1901 // TO THE GLORY OF GOD / AND IN LOVING MEMORY // MAGNOLIA WILLIS SEALY / JUNE 15, 1854 - NOV. 8, 1933 // Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one // of the least of these my brethren ye // have done it unto me Matthew 25 40 [PHOTO, DEDUCED] |
| Category: |
Christ Blessing Children |
| Cost: |
$7000 [CST1906] |
| Restoration: |
Restored by Willet Hauser Architectural Glass Studios, 2008-2010 [WH2011] |
| Comment: |
The window inscription was evidently updated after Mrs. Sealy died [DEDUCED] |
|
The window sustained significant damage during Hurricane Ike, 13 Sep 2008 [WH2011] |
| CST1906: |
Chicago Sunday Tribune (2 Sep 1906, p. 16) |
| DEDUCED: |
Deduced from other information |
| DUNC1980: |
Tiffany Windows, Alastair Duncan (1980) |
| GDN1906A: |
The Galveston Daily News (12 Sep 1906, p. 12) |
| GDN1906B: |
The Galveston Daily News (9 Dec 1906, p. 5) |
| HIST1954: |
Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, Galveston, Texas, 1841-1953, A Memorial History, William Manning Morgan (1954, p. 602) |
| INSCRIPTION: |
Inscription on item |
| ORG: |
Organization |
| 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) |
| WH2011: |
Willet Hauser Architectural Glass Studios website (2 May 2011) |
