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In Memory Of

PrinterPrinted by Kellogg & Comstock American, 1850 - 1851

PublisherPublished by Kellogg & Comstock American, 1850 - 1851

PublisherPublished by Ensign & Thayer American, 1849 - 1850

Date1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 9/16 x 9 1/4in. (31.9 x 23.5cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/16 x 10in. (35.7 x 25.4cm)

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Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionA marble monument consisting of a high rectangular base surmounted by an ornate egg-shaped urn or lamp is situated in a cemetery, at the base of a weeping willow tree. The tree, at the far left, arches over the central monument. Other gravestones lean to the left or right. Roses grow in the right foreground and to the left of the central monument. A church with a tall steeple and a second willow tree are in the right background. Trees and hills are in the distance.

Object number1996.177.41

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title on monument, "IN / MEMORY / OF". Lithographed number beneath image, "65."

On verso, upper left, in blue ink, "64843". In pencil: upper left, "Box 28 / #14"; lower right, old and new accession numbers "Drw 36".

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