(Gravesite with Urn and Weeping Willow), (painting).

(Gravesite with Urn and Weeping Willow), (painting).

Prentiss, Harriet, painter.

(Gravesite with Urn and Weeping Willow), (painting).

Embroidered and painted canvas with gilt cherubs and border.

(Embroidered on canvas:) In memory of Mr. James Prentiss son of Mr. Nath'l & Mrs. Abigail Prentiss died Jan. 24th, 1794 in the 20th year of his Age. signed

A gravesite with a weeping willow to the left, surmounted by an urn.

Landscape -- Tree -- Willow Tree

Architecture -- Monument -- Gravestone

Object -- Other -- Vase

Allegory -- Other -- Memory

State of Being -- Emotion -- Sorrow

Cambridge Historical Society, 159 Brattle Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138

Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.

Cambridge Historical Society, 1988.

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