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Livermore, Selene,
Homage -- Livermore, John Flint
Primitive -- Mourning
Figure group -- Family
State of Being -- Other
Architecture -- Monument
Architecture exterior -- Domestic
Architecture exterior -- Religious
Landscape -- Cemetery
Painting
Memorial to John Flint Livermore, (painting).
Artist:
Livermore, Selene, painter.
Title:
Memorial to John Flint Livermore, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1830.
Medium:
Watercolor.
Dimensions:
7 3/4 x 5 3/4 in. (19.7 x 14.6 cm).
Description:
Mourning picture in a pressed brass frame depicts a central monument in front of willow trees and flanked by a woman and two little girls. In the background is a house, a fence, a church, and tombstones. The monument is inscribed "In/Memory of John Flint/Livermore/Obt. Jan. 9th 1829/Aged 3 yrs. 6 mo./ & 12 days.
Subject:
Homage -- Livermore, John Flint
Primitive -- Mourning
Figure group -- Family
State of Being -- Other -- Widow
Architecture -- Monument -- Tomb
Architecture exterior -- Domestic -- House
Architecture exterior -- Religious -- Church
Landscape -- Cemetery
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, Massachusetts 01566 Accession Number: 20.8.23
Provenance:
Acquired from Robert H. Glass, Auctioneer, Rt. 169, Canterbury, Connecticut June 3, 1972.
Remarks:
Inscription on back, in pencil, reads: Designed and painted by Aunt Selene Livermore in memory of little Flint Livermore my only brother/Mother.
References:
Owner, 1974: Registration Records.
Old Sturbridge Village, 1990.
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 23090208
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Control Number
Inventory of American Paintings
23090208
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