Two Sarcophagus Designs, Nos. 1368 and 1367

1840–80

Not on view

Alexander Maxwell designed and made grave monuments for New York area clients in the mid-nineteenth century (a fine example is a Butterfield family mausoleum of ca. 1875 at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx). They likely were related to the marble and granite suppliers Alexander Maxwell & Co. of East Canaan, Connecticut, who provided marble for New York City Hall in 1838, and for a hundred columns used in an extension of the United States Capitol, Washington DC in 1860. This drawing comes from a group of designs for private memorials.

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Title: Two Sarcophagus Designs, Nos. 1368 and 1367
Artist: Alexander Maxwell (American, active 1838–80)
Date: 1840–80
Medium: Pen and ink on onion skin paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 18 1/2 × 29 1/2 in. (47 × 75 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008
Object Number: 2018.839.82
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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