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This mourning picture depicts a man and a woman under a weeping willow tree, standing on either side of a monument surmounted by a large urn. The man points toward an inscription on the plinth. The sky and their hands and faces are painted in watercolor. This picture was worked primarily in long and short satin stitches. It is framed, with a modern oval mat, under glass.
needlework (visual works)
funerary art
embroidering
painting (coating)
silk (textile)
education
mourning
Silk
Embroidered
Painted
Education
Mourning
Picture, Needlework
""Abigael McIntoch/obit Oct- 4th 1788/Aged 54 years/John McIntouch/obit July 15th 1802/Aged 49 years/Abigael Baldwin/obit Sept- 17 1805/AE 9 Mo & 24 days."" [Please see Cataloger's Note] (in ink)
Unknown
21 1/2 x 18 1/2 (HxW) (inches)
Gift from Newton Mackintosh
1917.341
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