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Painting

Collection Type

  • Art

Date

1875-1900

GUSN

GUSN-48772

Description

Cemetery under large tree at right.

Details

Descriptive Terms

paintings (visual works)
paper (fiber product)
watercolor (paint)
Watercolor
Unidentified Paper
PICTURE

Inscription

In pen script at center bottom is, ""Charter Street Burying Ground, Salem"" In pen script on paper label, reverse, center is ""This picture of the Charter St./ Burying Ground was painted by Mrs./ Swan, Hattie's cousin some few years/ ago and given Hattie soon after she/ made the painting: The exact date I can/ not recall/ [illegible name]/ Oct. 24th 1925.""

Maker

Swan, Mrs. (Artist)

Location of Origin

USA

Dimensions

12 x 14.5 x 0.625 (HxWxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder, Jr.

Accession Number

1972.179

Places

Massachusetts (United States)

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