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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.
Subject Terms
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    • Kellogg Brothers Lithographs
    On View
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    Memorial
    Memorial
    Kelloggs & Comstock
    1848
    Memorial
    Memorial
    James Goodwin Batterson
    1848
    The Mother's Grave.
    The Mother's Grave.
    E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
    1846
    Connecticut Historical Society collection, 2014.100.4 © 2015 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
    In Memory of
    James Baillie
    1849
    Museum purchase, 1958.38.13, Connecticut Historical Society, Copyright Undetermined
    In Memory Of
    E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
    1857-1865
    In Memory Of
    In Memory Of
    Kelloggs & Comstock
    1848-1850
    In Memory Of
    In Memory Of
    Kellogg & Comstock
    1850
    Gift of Samuel St. John Morgan, 1950.202.162 © 2004 The Connecticut Historical Society
    In Memory Of
    E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
    1845-1846
    In Memory Of
    In Memory Of
    Kellogg & Hanmer
    1847-1851
    To The Memory Of
    To The Memory Of
    E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
    1847
    In Memory Of
    In Memory Of
    E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
    1845-1846
    In Memory Of
    In Memory Of
    E.B. & E.C. Kellogg
    1845-1846
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