Family Register.

PrinterPrinted by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by E.B. & E.C. Kellogg American, 1840 - 1867

PublisherPublished by George Whiting American, 1820 - 1862

Date1857-1867

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 3/4 x 12 15/16in. (22.2 x 32.9cm)
Sheet (height x width): 10 x 14in. (25.4 x 35.6cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

DescriptionA four-column family register is surrounded by an ornamental border incorporating six vignettes in decorative frames. Stylized vases of flowers, including roses and lilies, are in the left and right borders. The vignettes include: a woman seated beside a wicker cradle with a small boy nearby; a wedding with a bride, groom, minister, and two attendants; a weeping woman and a small girl beside a grave monument; a girl standing in a field while a man plows with a team of horses in the background; a man, woman, boy, and girl standing outside a house; and farm workers harvesting hay and loading it on a hay wagon.

Object number1985.15.19

InscribedOn recto, lithographed title on upper border of register, "FAMILY REGISTER." Lithographed headings of columns, "NAMES OF THE / Family." "WHEN AND WHERE / Born." "WHEN AND WHERE / Married." "WHEN AND WHERE / Died." "CHILDREN." Lithographed number, lower center, "251." In register, in brown ink, "Richard Chase [Born] August 6th 1832 married in Canaan / Jane K. [?] Tucker [Born] August 22nd 1841 by [illegible name] / [Children] Alice M. [?] Chase [Born] April 7th 1857 [Married] 3rd day of January 1854 / Angenelle Chase [Born] February 13th 1860 / Charley Chase [born] September 30th 1863".

On verso, in pencil: upper right, "Dwr 18"; lower right, accession number.

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