In Memory Of
PrinterPrinted by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
American, 1840 - 1867
PublisherPublished by
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
American, 1840 - 1867
PublisherPublished by
Kelloggs & Thayer
American, 1846 - 1847
PublisherPublished by
D. Needham
American, 1808 - 1888
Date1845-1846
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 5/8 x 9 5/16in. (32.1 x 23.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/16 x 10in. (35.7 x 25.4cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/16 x 10in. (35.7 x 25.4cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection
DescriptionA woman stands at the left beside a marble monument with a high rectangular base surmounted by an urn or lamp. She wears a dress with a low neckline decorated with lace, and a shawl decorated with fringe. A rectangular brooch is pinned to the front of her dress. She covers her eyes with her left hand and rests her left elbow on the base of the monument. She holds a handkerchief in her right hand. Roses grow in the right foreground at the base of a weeping willow tree that arches over the monument. Additional roses grow behind the monument. A grassy lawn is in the left foreground. Additional gravestones and a Gothic church are in the right background. A second monument and a second willow tree are in the left background.
Object number1996.177.34
InscribedOn recto, lithographed title on monument, "IN / MEMORY / OF".On verso, in pencil: upper left, "Box 25 / #5"; lower right, old and new accession numbers "Drw 36".
Collections
- Kellogg Brothers Lithographs
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