Family Register.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850

PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888

Date1848-1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 15/16 x 13 1/16in. (22.7 x 33.2cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 1/16 x 14 1/16in. (25.6 x 35.7cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineConnecticut Museum of Culture and History collection

DescriptionA four-column family register is surrounded by an ornamental border incorporating six vignettes in decorative frames. A stylized and interlaced vine pattern, with realistic morning glory blossoms, is in the left and right borders. The vignettes include: a man, a woman, a boy holding a hoop, and a girl standing outside; a woman wearing an apron, a seated man, and three small children in an interior; a wedding with a minister, bride, groom, and two attendants; a seated woman and a small child beside a grave monument; a house with trees and a grassy lawn; a mill with a waterwheel; a factory in a field with a pond or river in the foreground; and a church with a graveyard.

Object number1987.280.0

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title on ribbon above register, "FAMILY REGISTER."
Lithographed headings of columns, "NAMES OF THE / Family." "WHEN AND WHERE / Born." "WHEN AND WHERE / Married." "WHEN AND WHERE / Died." "PARENTS." "CHILDREN." In brown ink, in register, "John Parsons [Born} Cornville July 27th 1798 [Married] Cornville May 23rd 1824 / Catherine Pollard [Born] Portland Sept. 18th 1803 / [Children] / Statira [?] M. Parsons [Born] Cornville May 6 1825" / Sarah Jane Parsons [Born] do. Oct. 7 1828 [Married] Cornville Oct. 1853 / Jessica [?] Parsons [Born] do. Dec. 3 1831 / Marcus L. Parsons [Born] do. Sept. 30 1834"

On verso, in pencil: lower left, "Print / Box 2 / #17"; lower right, accession number.NotesSubject Note: Cornville, Maine, presumably the town in question, is located five miles north of Skowhegan.

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