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Tiffany Census

First Presbyterian Church, Galveston, Texas

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 Items

38.3.2.1:	Perry Memorial Window: The Good Shepherd (1889) (Extant)
38.3.2.2:	Ball Memorial Window: Peace (1908) (Extant)
38.3.2.3:	Killough Memorial Window: Christ Knocking at the Door (1918) (Extant)

Item 38.3.2.1

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Perry Memorial Window
Theme:	The Good Shepherd [TIFF1897, TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 112
Duncan 1980:	Page 223
Tiffany 1897:	Page 64
Signature:	handwritten and scratched onto glass: TIFFANY STVDIOS N Y [PHOTO]
Other documentation:	[GDN1889]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Sarah Barker Perry (13 Aug 1796 - 15 Jan 1861) [INSCRIPTION, GDN1889, GLASS2007]
Donor:	her daughter, Sarah Catherine Perry (Mrs. George) Ball [GDN1889, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Ordered by Jun 1888 [LETT1888]
	In place when building completed, 24 Feb 1889 [GDN1889]
Size:	180" high x 44" wide [GLASS2007]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, GLASS2007]
Inscription:	IN LOVING MEMORY OF SARAH BARKER PERRY / BORN AUG 13 1796 DIED JAN 15 1861 // HE SHALL FEED HIS FLOCK / LIKE A SHEPHERD AND SHALL GATHER HIS LAMBS IN HIS ARMS AND / CARRY THEM TO HIS BOSOM [PHOTO, GLASS2007]
Category:	Christ the Good Shepherd
After design:	Painting by Frederic Shields [PHOTO]
Restoration:	Restored by Stanton Studios, 2023 [STAN2023]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1897 (p. 75) quotes an extract from the 1889 Galveston Daily News article [GDN1889, TIFF1897]

Item 38.3.2.2

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Ball Memorial Window (League Memorial Window)
Theme:	Peace [TIFF1910, DUNC1980]
Tiffany 1910:	Page 112
Duncan 1980:	Page 223
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	(ST)VDIOS - N.Y. [PHOTO]
Other documentation:	[GDN1908, HDP1908]
Designer:	Frederick Wilson [GDN1908, HDP1908]
Memorial details:	Sarah Catherine Perry Ball (16 Jun 1825 - 10 Jun 1904) [INSCRIPTION, GDN1908, HDP1908, GLASS2007]
Donor:	her daughter, Nellie Ball (Mrs. John Charles) League [GDN1908, HDP1908, FINDAGRAVE]
Date:	Dedicated 12 Jul 1908 [GDN1908]
Size:	180" high x 44" wide [GLASS2007]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, HDP1908, GLASS2007]
Inscription:	IN LOVING MEMORY OF / SARAH CATHERINE PERRY BALL / BORN JVNE 16, 1825 - DIED JVNE 10, 1904 / THE PEACE OF GOD WHICH PASSETH ALL VNDERSTANDING [PHOTO, GDN1908, HDP1908, GLASS2007]
Category:	Peace
Restoration:	Restored by Stanton Studios, 2017 [WTH2017]
Tiffany/Duncan comment:	Tiffany 1910 calls this the League Memorial Window because Mrs. League was the donor [TIFF1910, DUNC1980, DEDUCED]
Comment:	Evidently the glass containing the first part of the signature was replaced at some point [DEDUCED]

Item 38.3.2.3

Status:	Extant [PHOTO]
Confidence:	High
Memorial name:	Killough Memorial Window
Theme:	Christ Knocking at the Door [HC1918, GLASS2007]
Tiffany 1910:	Not listed
Duncan 1980:	Not listed
Tiffany 1897:	Not listed
Signature:	TIFFANY STUDIOS N.Y. 1917 [ORG]
Other documentation:	[GDN1918A, GDN1918B, HC1918, PS1918]
Designer:
Memorial details:	Agnes Davie Killough (14 Dec 1849 - 8 May 1914) [GDN1918A, GDN1918B, HC1918, PS1918, GLASS2007]
Donor:	bequest of her son, Davie Griffin [GDN1918A, GDN1918B, HC1918, PS1918]
Date:	Signature 1917 [SIGNATURE]
	Exhibited ca. Mar 1918 [HC1918]
	Installed Mar/Apr 1918 [GDN1918A, GDN1918B, HC1918]
	Dedicated 14 Apr 1918 [GDN1918B]
Size:	180" high x 44" wide [GLASS2007]
Lancets:	1 [PHOTO, HC1918, GLASS2007]
Inscription:	IN LOVING MEMORY OF / AGNES DAVIE KILLOUGH / FROM HER SON / BORN DECEMBER 14, 1849 - DIED MAY 8, 1914 / SHE STRETCHED OUT HER HAND TO THE POOR [HC1918, GLASS2007]
Category:	Christ Knocking at the Door
Cost:	$5000 [GDN1918B]
	more than $4000 [PS1918]

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