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Mourning Lithograph

Object/Artifact

Lithograph. Hand colored with three small children dressed in black, mourning over an urn-topped tomb with weeping willow tree, river and small church in the background. Mahogany-veneered pine frame. Concave.

71.179a-b

Genesee Country Village and Museum

Kellog & Comstock

1848 - 1850

United States of America

North America

Inscription

On headstone

Printed on the tombstone: "To The Memory Of", Handwritten: "Jane Simpson born Dec 8th1845 Died--the 18 1845 / Margrat Clark Died Dec 11th 1846 Adget 75 years"

English

Ink

Makers Mark

Front bottom

Printed on lower margin - left: "Kelloggs & Thayer 144 Fulton St, N.Y." / Lower Center: "E.B. & E.C. Kellogg 136 Main St Hartford Conn." / Lower right: "D. Needham 223 Main St. Buffalo".

English

Printed

Other Number

71.179.a-b

9-3/8 in

13-3/4 in

Dimensions with Frame: H: 11 1/2" W: 16"

Paper

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