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Reward of Merit

Object/Artifact

Printed four season reward of merit. In each corner is an illustration depicting one of the four seasons with spring in the upper left corner, summer in the upper right, winter in the lower right, and autumn in the lower left. In the center is, "The Seasons" underneath, "These as they change Almighty Father, these are but the varied God" undernearth that in a laurel frame, "The bearer Miss Fanny Reed for her attention to her studies merits my esteem"

2022.35.1601

Bruce and Susan Greene Costume Collection

1830 - 1900

5 in

7-1/2 in

Paper

Reed, Fanny

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