Memorial for Abigail Rogers (1753-1791), (painting).

Memorial for Abigail Rogers (1753-1791), (painting).

Unknown, painter.

Memorial for Abigail Rogers (1753-1791), (painting).

Watercolor on ivory, with chopped hair, applied ivory, pearls, and engraved gold bands.

1 1/2 x 7/8 in. (3.8 x 2.2 cm)

(On plinth:) ABIGAIL / ROGERS / OB. 7 OCTR / 1791 unsigned

A full-length female figure sits beside a tomb.

Primitive -- Mourning

Homage -- Rogers, Daniel Denison, Mrs. (Abigail Bromfield)

Figure female -- Full length

Architecture -- Monument -- Gravestone

Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 Accession Number: 1947.214

Gift of Jeffords, Walter M.,

Engraved on reverse (ca. 1842): "Matha Ann / [B.] Lovering / died Augt. 27. 1842 / Aged 19 yrs."

Frank, Robin Jaffee, "Love and loss: American portrait and mourning miniatures," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2000, no. 73.

"A checklist of American paintings at Yale University," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982.

Frank, Robin Jaffee, "Love and loss: American portrait and mourning miniatures," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2000, pg. 133.

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