Mourning picture
Creating memorial paintings in watercolor on silk was another skill that a teenage girl at a ladies' academy might have acquired. These paintings were probably as difficult to complete as the needlework pictures; in both cases the girl probably followed an outline drawn by her teacher or a local artist. This is the only mourning picture in our collection that has not been filled in with birth and death dates.
Artwork Details
- Title: Mourning picture
- Date: ca. 1810
- Geography: Probably made in Walpole, New Hampshire, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Painted watercolor and gouache on silk
- Dimensions: 19 x 24 1/4 in. (48.3 x 61.6 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld, 1983
- Object Number: 1983.20
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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