Mourning Picture, ca. 1810
This object is resting in our storage facility.
We acquired this object in 1957
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- Object ID: 18416831
- Accession Number: 1957-165-10
- Acquired: 1957
- Short URL: http://cprhw.tt/o/2CoFz/
- Mourning Picture, ca. 1810. ca. 1810. Hair, cardboard, brass, velvet, glass. From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper. 1957-165-10.
Oval brass form surrounding scene made of hair, depicting tomb monument topped by urn and inscribed: "Triste souvenir d'une soeur cherie." Tomb flanked by tufts of grass with a weeping willow tree behind, all under a domed glass cover. Mounted in blue-green velvet covered oval case, interior covered in grey-green velvet.
This mourning picture is hair, cardboard, brass, velvet, glass. Its dimensions are: Closed: H x W x D: 3.3 x 10 x 11.5 cm (1 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.) Open: H x W x D: 3.3 x 10 x 23.4 cm (1 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.).
This mourning picture is from United Kingdom and dated ca. 1810
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From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper. This object came to our collection as a Unknown, in 1957.
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