Painting
- Title:
- Untitled
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1936.010.20
- Creator:
- Unknown
- Place of Origin:
- Sudbury, MA
- Date:
- 1839
- Description:
- Mourning picture, untitled, unknown artist, 1839. Watercolor on paper. Tombstone with weeping willow behind and flowers to right. White house with attached outbuilding in right background. Ink inscription on tombstone: "Mrs. / Alice Hunt / Obt. Sept 12. 1839 / AEt 41 years." Inscribed lower margin: " 'Weep not for me, for I am blest!' " Printed frame maker's label on backing paper (removed in accession folder): FROM / T. C. Meagher, / Gilder, Ornamental Mirror, Portrait / AND / Picture Frame Maker, / 456 Washington Street, Corner of Essex Street, BOSTON. / A choice selection of Engravings and Artists' Materials / constantly on hand. Old work re-gilt. Oil Paintings / cleansed and varnished." Tape label with ink inscription, frame reverse: " Gift of / M.H. Jewell / Dec. 1936." Gilded molded wood frame, glazed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-2.6 W-3.1 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Margaret H. Jewell
- Subjects:
- Gravestones, Mourning, Mourning works, Tombstones, Willows, Death
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