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Pair of memorials in oval repousse brass frames. Square tomb surmounted by an urn which is overhung by a weeping willow tree; four small poplars in left background; at right is a woman's figure with right arm upraised; the left hand supports a large anchor, a symbol of hope; pressed brass frames with glass; pictures are identical except for inscription.
memento mori
funerary art
ink
paper (fiber product)
pencils (drawing and writing equipment)
watercolor (paint)
mourning
Unidentified Paper
Pencil
Watercolor
Ink
Mourning
PICTURE, MOURNING
On front, in image: 1991.1518.1 ""In memory of/Capt. Edmund Little/Who died 7th Sept. 1785/ aged 69 years."" 1991.1518.2 ""In memory of/Judith Little/Who died 7th Sept. 1785/Aged 69 years."" On the verso of 1991.1518.2 on a typewritten jelly label: ""Judith (Adams) Little Dan./ Matthew and Sarah (Knight)./ B. 2 April, 1716. M. Mar. 1786. D. 7 Sept. 1785, W. Newbury""
Little, Edmund, Capt., d. 1803
Little, Judith, d. 1785
Original to Cogswell's Grant (Essex, Mass.),
1991.1518.1,2
Unknown
10.5 x 8.5 x 1.188 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bertram K. and Nina Fletcher Little
1991.1518.1-2
Massachusetts (United States)
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