Painter:

Payne, Abigail Mason 1787-1823  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor

Type:

Paintings

Owner/Location:

Old Sturbridge Village 1 Old Sturbridge Village Road Sturbridge Massachusetts 01566 Accession Number: 20.6.5

Date:

1802-1805

Notes:

Inventory staff, 1973.

Little, Nina Fletcher, "Country Art in New England 1790-1840," Sturbridge, MA: Old Sturbridge Village Booklet Series,1965 (second edition), pg. 22.

Old Sturbridge Village, 1990.

Summary:

Watercolor and needlework mourning picture with tomb topped by an urn and flanked by figures of a man and a woman who lean against the tomb. The tomb is inscribed with: Mrs. Judith Mason/Obt. Nov. 9th 1792/Age 26. Behind them is a willow tree with branches that fall over the tomb. To the left is a smaller tomb with a topped by an urn and a woman leaning against it. The tomb is inscribed with a child's name and Age 6th Months. In the upper left background are church buildings.

Topic:

Primitive--Mourning  Search this

Homage--Mason, Judith  Search this

Architecture--Monument--Tomb  Search this

Figure group  Search this

Landscape--Tree--Willow Tree  Search this

Architecture exterior--Religious--Church  Search this

Control number:

IAP 23090097

Data Source:

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_ari_271187