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Family Register of George and Nancy Westcott
about 1818
Medium/Technique
Watercolor and pen and ink over graphite on silk
Dimensions
Sheet: 46.7 x 39.4 cm (18 3/8 x 15 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.444
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1210 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- memorial. family record- Niche flanked by pilars with cherub at keystone of arch above; urn below. Symbolic female figure on pedestal left and right.
InscriptionsAt top in ink: George. G. Westcott, was born, June 11th 1786/ Nancy, Aldrich was born Nov. 22 1787. Names and dates of children in three columns below.
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 1956)