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Memorial for Amos Tyler
American
Medium/Technique
Graphite and watercolor on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 18.7 x 20.8 cm (7 3/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.443
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1208 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk Art- Memorial- Girl standing at right of monument with columns and urns under drooping willow tree. Another column with flowers and doves right.
InscriptionsOn monument in ink: Sacred to the memory of/ Amos Tyler, / who Died Jany. 15. 1829, Aged. 37./ May we never mourn those/ Who sleep in Jesu's arms. On verso in ink: Farewell dear friends a short farewell/ For we on earth awhile must dwell./ Jann
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 1956)