Drawing
- Title:
- The Brave at Home
- Object Name:
- Drawing
- Object ID:
- 2014.005
- Creator:
- Brown, Mary E. (1837-1887)
- Place of Origin:
- Deerfield, NH
- Date:
- circa 1862
- Description:
- Calligraphic floral drawing, attributed to Mary E. Brown (1837-1887) of Deerfield, NH, c. 1862. Brown ink on heavy paper. With poem, "The Brave at Home," by Thomas Buchanan Reed. Title drawn in semi-circle at top: "THE / Brave at Home." 24 lines of verse handwritten in script in center, surrounded by wreath of violets. Basket of roses suspended at bottom. Circular impressed mark on reverse, top left: "REYNOLDS'S / BRISTOLBOARD", with crown. Framed.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-22 W-18 inches
- Provenance:
- Mary E. Batchelder, the daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Comfort (Hill) Batchelder was born in Deerfield, NH, in 1837. She attended district schools in Epsom and Deerfield before marrying farmer Joseph T. Brown (1833-1895) in 1862. Mary E. Brown died of consumption in 1887. Drawing purchased by seller at the Joseph T. Brown estate sale in Deerfield on August 31, 2013.
- Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase
- Subjects:
- Calligraphy, Poems, Poetry, Civil War
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