Draft:Anne Vanderlip Weston

Anne Vanderlip Weston (1861–1944) was best known for her work as a stained glass artist and designer under Louis C. Tiffany.

Biography
Anne Rankin was born on August 15, 1861, in New York, to a mother that did not survive an illness contracted shortly after her birth. Anne was eventually adopted by Frank and Mabel Vanderlip, who soon gave her their last name.

Career
Anne designed glass pieces for the Tiffany Company from 1892 until the beginning of World War I in 1914.

In 1892, Anne Weston designed the window she would eventually be most remembered for: the Minnehaha window. As part of her job at Tiffany & Co., she was invited to design a large stained glass window to represent Duluth and St. Louis County at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago. The five by eight foot, colorful stained glass window was commissioned by the St. Louis County Women's Auxillary, now the St. Louis County Historical Society, to represent Minnesota at the exposition.

Works
Due to the nature of her work under the prolific Louis C. Tiffany, few pieces were officially signed by or can now be confirmed to be the work of Anne Weston. The only two confirmed Anne Weston windows on public display as of early 2024 are the Minnehaha and Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Luht windows that now hang side-by-side, as designed, at the Duluth Depot.

In a nationally-syndicated episode of the PBS docuseries History Detectives that aired in June 2011, historian Gwen Wright investigated an Anne Weston sketch owned by her great-great grandson. He believes the sketch may have eventually become a stained glass window, but the investigation was inconclusive the window has yet to be located.