Painting
- Title:
- Should Sorrow o'er Thy Brow...
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 2014.035.06
- Creator:
- Dustin, Ruth H. (1811-1881)
- Place of Origin:
- Claremont, NH
- Date:
- circa 1840
- Description:
- Floral painting with verse, attributed to Ruth H. Dustin (1811-1881), Claremont, NH, c. 1840. Watercolor and ink on paper. Green leaves, white rose, and buds. Verse inscribed in ink on a scroll:
"Should sorrow oe'r thy brow,
Its darkened shadows fling,
And hopes that cheer thee now,
Die in their early spring,
Should pleasure at its birth,
Fade like the hues of ev'en,
Turn thou away from earth,
There's rest for thee in Heaven."
Signed "R.H.D. / Claremont, N.H." Matted and framed, with glass. - Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-7.1 W-6.1 inches
- Provenance:
- One of a group of works of folk art that were identified and collected by Robert M. and Joan B. Doty in the mid 1980s in preparation for the exhibition and publication "By Good Hands: New Hampshire Folk Art," presented at the Currier Gallery of Art, University of New Hampshire Art Gallery, and the Hood Museum of Art from 1989 through 1990.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Joan B. Doty
- People:
- Dustin, Ruth H. (1811-1881)
- Subjects:
- Still life paintings, Poems, Poetry, Flowers, Roses
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