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Memorial: For Nancy Bonney
J. Osborn (active in 1800)
American
Medium/Technique
Pen and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Image: 24.0 x 22.2 cm (9 7/16 x 8 3/4 in.)
Sheet: 24.9 x 22.7 cm (9 13/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
Sheet: 24.9 x 22.7 cm (9 13/16 x 8 15/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.881
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsPrints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1221 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- memorials. Woman and child standing by memorial urn under willow on seashore. Ship in distance and angel above right. Narrow decorative border in pen.
Marks
Watermark: R D
InscriptionsLower margin in pen: O Say Sweet Girl thus doomed to part thy friend shall ever cheerful be for ah this faithful wounded heart still beats with tenderest love for thee; below center: Nancy Bonney; R: Js Osborn
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)