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Of rectangular format, of a landscape with large trees and rolling hills. On the banks of a pond is a rectangular tomb with an urn on top, adorned with a garland of roses. A cactus plant is on the forground rocks. It is possible that the gold frame with rope molding is original. [see photo neg.#47514-A]
funerary art
watercolors (paintings)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
deaths
memorials
tombs
urns
Watercolor
Unidentified Paper
Memorial
Tomb
Death
Urn
PICTURE, MOURNING
In ink on the urn in the image (in caps) is written: IN MEMORY OF MR. JOHN COGSWELL. Who died 30 Jany 1818 AE 80 yrs. [Note: the month appears to have been corrected; a white square of pigment & black filled in month contrast with the buff ground & brown ink of the rest of the inscription.] On the back, upper right corner, is a red bordered jelly label- written in black ballpoint is: Loaned by Mr. and Mrs./Bertram K./Little . On the back, lower right, on a red bordered jelly label- written in blue fountain pen is: John Cogswell Cabinetmaker/Born Ipswich 1738,/lived in Boston. Son/of Francis, and nephew of Jonathan, who built/ ""Cogswell's Grant.""
Cogswell, John, Mr., 1738-1818
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
Unknown
18 x 22 (HxW) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1250
Massachusetts (United States)
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