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Memorial
Memorial

Memorial

After a work byAfter a work by James Goodwin Batterson American, 1823 - 1901
PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850
PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock American, 1848 - 1850
PublisherPublished by D. Needham American, 1808 - 1888
Date1848
MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 12 5/8 x 8 9/16in. (32.1 x 21.7cm)
Sheet (height x width): 14 3/16 x 10 1/8in. (36 x 25.7cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Samuel St. John Morgan
DescriptionA man stands at the left, facing a marble monument incorporating a pointed arch, Gothic tracery, and a cross. He wears a frock coat, vest, shirt, necktie, top hat, pants, and shoes. He holds a cane in his right hand. Grass and a rose bush grow at the left of the monument. Lilies grow at the right. A weeping willow tree grows behind the monument and arches over it. A man and a woman walk on a path between additional gravestones in the right background. Trees, including evergreen trees, a river, and a bridge are in the distance. A stone or brick burial vault is built into a hillside in the left background. Trees, fields, and a city with several prominent church steeples are in the distance.
Object number1950.202.176
InscribedOn recto, lithographed copyright statement beneath image, "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1848 by Kelloggs & Comstock, in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. / 339." On monument, in brown ink, "Memory of / Maria Holden / Born, Dec 1st 1812 / Married, Aug. 1833 / Died, Apr 4th 1846 / Age, 32, Years".

On verso, in pencil: upper left, "689" "Print / Box 1 / #17"; lower right, "acc #689" "Dwr 36" and accession number.
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Memorial
Kelloggs & Comstock
1848
Memorial
James Goodwin Batterson
1848
The Mother's Grave.
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1846
Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2014.100.4  © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
James Baillie
1849
Museum purchase, 1958.38.13, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1857-1865
In Memory Of
Kelloggs & Comstock
1848-1850
In Memory Of
Kellogg & Comstock
1850
Gift of Samuel St. John Morgan, 1950.202.162 © 2004 The Connecticut Historical Society
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1845-1846
In Memory Of
Kellogg & Hanmer
1847-1851
To The Memory Of
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1847
In Memory Of
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1845-1846
In Memory Of
E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
1845-1846