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Family Register used for the family of Elijah and Elizabeth Winn Marshall, married in 1808
Family Register
Family Register used for the family of Elijah and Elizabeth Winn Marshall, married in 1808
Richard Brunton (American (born in England), about 1790–1832)
American
about 1808–32
Medium/Technique
Engraving with hand-coloring in watercolor and inscriptions in brown and black ink
Dimensions
Sheet: 23.0 x 18.3 cm (9 1/16 x 7 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.863
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsPrints
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1218 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- memorials- Three columns with lunette above. Border with names and figures of the seasons in corners, pot with flowers and bird left and right, festoons and pelican at top and motto: REMEMBER YOUR ANCESTORS; monagram R.B. in medallion at bottom. Record in ink of family of Elijah and Elizabeth Winn Marshall, married in 1808. Another impression, used for family of Moses and Susanna Coffin, married in 1803.
InscriptionsSeasons printed around outside; Register center / Children; names and dates filled in in ink.
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)