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To the Memory of
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To the Memory of

PublisherPublished by Case & Skinner American, 1840 - 1843
Date1840-1843
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 1/16 x 10 7/8in. (30.6 x 27.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 3/16 x 11 15/16in. (36 x 30.3cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineMuseum purchase
DescriptionA man, woman, and small girl stand at the right. The woman and girl wear bonnets. The child holds two roses in her hand. A large marble monument with a rectangular base surmounted by an urn or lamp is at the left. The base is inscribed: "IN / MEMORY / OF". Roses, grow in the left foreground. A church, partially visible at the right, has quoins at the corners, a round arched window, and an oval window in the corner of the gable. A weeping willow tree at the left arches over the monument. Other gravestones are in a cemetery in the left background.
Object number1938.33.2
InscribedOn recto, on monument, in brown ink, "Lucy Button wife of Charles C. Button / who died Jan 29, 1835, aged 43 years & her / infant daughter / Also Lucy Rozetta Button aged 23, months / Lucy Celina Button aged 14 months / John Calvin Button aged 7 months"; in blue ink, "William Thurston Button Aged 24 years"; in brown ink, "Charles C. Button Jr., aged 60, years / Charles C. Button Senior Aged 89 years, 3 months / and 15 days"; upper left, in pencil, "49738"

On verso, lower right, in pencil, accession number
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