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Infant Funeral Procession, (painting). Artist:  Chappel, William P., 1801-1880, painter. Title:  Infant Funeral Procession, (painting). Dates:  After 1925. Medium:  Oil on slate paper. Dimensions:  6 1/8 x 9 1/4 in. (15.6 x 23.5 cm). Inscription:  (On back:) No 15 / infant Funeral 8 young Ladies Born By 8 young Ladies / in White followed By the Widdows(sic) & children & [Entering] / Scene in 2d St & Byard / now forsyth St / the Meeting house - Engine house & Corner Store [3] / also the Chain across the Street to prohibit / the Vehicles from Passing in time of Service / Rev Doct Phebus pastor / 1809 / W P Chappel signed Description:  View of a funeral procession in front of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Second and Byard streets in New York City. The procession travels down the street, lead by the minister, who is followed by eight girls dressed in white, followed a group of women and a group of men dressed in dark colors. Ahead of the procession, there is a chain across the road to prevent vehicles from passing the mourners. In the background there is Engine House No. 2, next door to the church. Subject:  Cityscape -- New York -- New York City Cityscape -- Street -- Byard Street Cityscape -- Street -- Second Street Architecture exterior -- Religious -- Church Architecture exterior -- Civic -- Fire Station Figure group Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy Ceremony -- Funeral Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 54.90.502 Provenance:  Formerly in the collection of Arnold, Edward W. C., New York, New York until 1954. Remarks:  One of twenty-nine small views of New York (nos. 1 and 7 are missing) depicting everyday life. The works are executed on slate paper that has been dated after 1825, though the views depict scenes of earlier times, during the artist's youth in New York. The works may have been done around 1869, or possibly around 1876 when the United States centennial celebration made people nostalgic. References:  Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1975. Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 444. Illustration:  Caldwell, John, and Oswaldo Rodriguez Roque, "American Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume I: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born by 1815," New York, NY: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1994, pg. 444. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 36120914   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 36120914 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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