Collection Highlights
Freedom to the Slaves
Date:
ca. 1865
Object Number:
PR.052.58
Medium:
Lithograph
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Luce Center
Mourning picture
Object Number:
Z.1334
Date:
ca. 1854
Medium:
Wood, cardboard, paint
Dimensions:
Overall: 1/4 x 6 1/2 x 7 in. ( 0.6 x 16.5 x 17.8 cm )
Marks:
painted: on right tombstone: "OUR MOTHER/IN/MEMORY OF/MARY C RICHARDSON/WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE/JULY 27TH 1854/IN THE 64TH YEAR OF HER AGE..."
handwritten: on back of frame: "Grandfather/David Richardson/Born in Falsington, Bucks County/1784/Grandmother/M
Description:
Painted picture on wood of two gravestones (David Richardson, Mary C. Richardson, died 1854) with inscriptions; image of tree at top of each gravestone; picture in square wooden frame.
Gallery Label:
This picture mourning the deaths of David Richardson (1784-1854) and Mary Coleman Richardson (1790-1854) was painted by their son or daughter J. Jeffrey, and donated to the Historical Society by their grandson Frederick Griffith.
Credit Line:
Gift of Frederick Griffith
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
