Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1995.576.03
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Date:
- circa 1815
- Description:
- Untitled mourning picture for Jacob Beal Jr. (1775-1805), unknown artist, c. 1815. Pencil and watercolor on paper. Woman in white Regency-style dress with black sash, black turban, and hair down to her shoulders, weeps. Tree to right. Small body of water left foreground with grass. Square tomb topped with urn at left; hand-written ink inscription on tomb: "In memory of Mr. Jacob Beal / of Hingham / who died October 28, 1805 / Aged 31 years". Water and trees in background. Period black painted molded frame with interior gilding, glazed, eglomise; oval with black wavy and gilded border, black painted mat with gilded rosettes.
- Material:
- Paper
- Credit Line:
- Found in Collection
- People:
- Beal, Jacob (1774-1805)
- Subjects:
- Cabinet making, Cabinetmaking, Death, Mourning, Mourning clothing dress, Mourning works
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