Collection Highlights
Great Attraction at the Masonic Hall...Joice Heth
Date:
1835
Object Number:
LIB.SY.1835.49
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Mourning Picture
Object Number:
1968.1
Date:
ca. 1810
Medium:
Watercolor on silk
Dimensions:
Overall: 17 1/2 x 22 in. ( 44.4 x 55.9 cm )
Marks:
Signature: bottom, on glass in gilt: "A. D. BEEKMAN."
Inscription: bottom left, painted on memorial: "SACRED to the / Memory of / Geradus Beekman / Who departed this Life / Aged 88 Ys 4 M. & 9 days / Ann Beekman / Wife of G. B. Aged / 71 Years 9 M. & 4
Description:
Horizontal rectangular mourning embroidery picture in various colors of silk floss and chenille on silk ground; a female figure in empire-style dress standing beside an urn on a memorial pedestal, two trees in the foreground, a chapel in the background, the sky, foreground stream, the woman's face and hands and the memorial inscription are painted; stitches include satin, straight, knots and cross.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frederic G. Hoppin
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
