Painting, theatrical backdrop, burial vault
Date1856
MediumPainting; oil on canvas, mounted on a lath at top, painted black dowel at bottom
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width): 32 3/4 × 53 3/4in. (83.2 × 136.5cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineGift of the heirs of Isaac W. Stuart
DescriptionTheatrical backdrop depicting a gray stone burial vault surrounded by a broken pillar to the right and left, and tombstones in various stages of picturesque decay. Painted for the play "Nathan Hale the Martyr Spy," which was performed at Wyatt's Theater on July 13, 1856.
Object number1860.16.0
NotesCondition note: Rolled in a tubeOn View
Not on view
