The Mother's Grave.

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

Date1846

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 1/8 x 8 1/2in. (30.8 x 21.6cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 1/16 x 10 1/8in. (35.7 x 25.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionA young girl sits on the ground at the left beside a marble monument with a rectangular base surmounted by an urn or lamp. She wears a black dress with a wide neckline and long sleeves. She holds a waterlily blossom in her right hand and holds a handkerchief to her face with her left hand. She appears to be weeping. Her back rests against a weeping willow tree at the far left, which arches over the monument. Ivy grows on the tree trunk. Roses and lilies grow at the base of the monument. Waterlily flowers and leaves float in a pond in the right foreground. Two paths converge in the background, and the resulting single path leads to a church. Trees and houses are in the distance.

Object number1996.177.44

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title beneath image, "THE MOTHER'S GRAVE. / Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846, by Kelloggs & Thayer, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of N.Y." Lithographed text on monument, "SACRED / TO / THE MEMORY OF / AN AFFECTIONATE / MOTHER."

On verso, in pencil: upper left, "Box 25 / 39"; lower right old and new accession numbers "Drw 36".

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