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Primitive -- Mourning
Figure group
State of Being -- Other
Landscape -- Lake
Architecture -- Boat
Homage -- Parker, Edmond
Religion -- Angel
Painting
In Memory of Edmond Parker, (painting).
Artist:
Unknown, painter.
Title:
In Memory of Edmond Parker, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1825.
Medium:
Watercolor on paper.
Dimensions:
20 x 24 3/4 in. (50.8 x 62.9 cm).
Description:
Mourning picture showing a group of eight women and girls, three men, and a widow at the tomb of Edmond Parker. The tomb is marked Memento Mori. An urn above the tomb bears the inscription: "In memory of Edmond Parker born July 6, 1793, died July 28, 1824, aged 31 years and 23 days." In the left middle ground is a body of water with a sailing ship. To the right background, emerging from a bank of clouds, is an angel carrying a banner that reads: "Blessed are the dead."
Subject:
Primitive -- Mourning
Figure group
State of Being -- Other -- Widow
Landscape -- Lake
Architecture -- Boat -- Sailboat
Homage -- Parker, Edmond
Religion -- Angel
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
Old Sturbridge Village, 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road, Sturbridge, Massachusetts 01566 Accession Number: 20.8.2
Provenance:
Acquired from Tompkins, Robert S., Montague, Massachusetts Aug. 29, 1956.
References:
Owner, 1974: Registration Records.
Old Sturbridge Village, 1990.
Illustration:
Image on file.
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 23090201
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Inventory of American Paintings
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