Drawing

Title:

A Record of Eliphalet Prescot's Family

Object Name:

Drawing

Object ID:

1961.028.01

Creator:

Unknown

Date:

circa 1825

Description:

Family record of "A Record of Eliphalet Prescot's Family", by unknown artist, c. 1825. Pen and ink and watercolor on paper.Two yellow and blue birds with floral motifs, one in each upper corner; leaf sprigs upper center flanking title, "A Record of / Eliphalet Prescot's / Family." Below in block lettering, "HE WAS BORN / JUNE 14th, A.D. 1772 IN SANDWICH / N.H. MARY JEWELL BORN OCTOBER / 31st, A.D. 1775 IN SANDWICH Intermarried December 30th / A.D. 1792." Eight rectangular borders, yellow and brown, with names of descendents (see: Notes). Molded black wood frame with interior gilding, glazed.

Material:

Paper

Dimensions:

H-13.75 W-11.625 inches

Provenance:

The donor is the great-granddaughter of Mary A. Prescott (b. 1801). Mary married John Mason. Mary Prescott's Mason's daughter was Cordelia Maria Mason. She married Daniel M. Sargent. Their youngest child was Albert Willis Sargent, who married Catherine Jane Grigg. Their oldest child was the donor, Cordelia Caroline Sargent. She married Mr. John Dudley.

Credit Line:

Gift of Cordelia Caroline Sargent Pond

People:

Prescot, Benjamin J., Prescot, Betsy, Prescot, Eliphalet A., Prescot, Emeline H., Prescot, Lydia, Prescot, Martha J., Prescot, Mary A.

Subjects:

Family registers, Pictorial