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Mourning Picture (England)
This is a Mourning picture. It is dated ca. 1810 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is hair, cardboard, brass, velvet, glass. It is a part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts department.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Tender Mourning in Style.
This object was
donated by
Estate of Mrs. Lathrop Colgate Harper.
It is credited From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper.
- Brooch (England or United States)
- enameled gold set with pearls, braided hair under glass cover.
- Gift of Georgina and Louisa L. Schuyler.
- 1916-29-47
- Adinkra Ceremonial Wrapper (Ghana)
- cotton.
- Bequest of Mary Kirby.
- 1962-123-2
Its dimensions are
H x W x D (closed): 3.3 x 10 x 11.5 cm (1 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.) H x W x D (open): 3.3 x 10 x 23.4 cm (1 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.)
It is inscribed
Inscribed on tomb monument pictured: "Triste souvenir / d'une / soeur cherie."
Cite this object as
Mourning Picture (England); hair, cardboard, brass, velvet, glass; H x W x D (closed): 3.3 x 10 x 11.5 cm (1 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 4 1/2 in.) H x W x D (open): 3.3 x 10 x 23.4 cm (1 5/16 x 3 15/16 x 9 3/16 in.); From the Collection of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper; 1957-165-10
