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Memorial for Mrs. Rendall and Mrs. Mesick
Caroline H. Barrett Pratt (American, about 1800 to 1850)
American
August 22, 1828
Medium/Technique
Pen and watercolor, and pricking on paper
Dimensions
Image: 14.4 x 21.6 cm (5 11/16 x 8 1/2 in.)
Sheet: 19.1 x 26.4 cm (7 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
Sheet: 19.1 x 26.4 cm (7 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.882
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik cat. no 1225 (Folk artists)
DescriptionFolk art- memorial. Willow between two monments with urns. View of Stillwater, New York. House right across river; high buildings with tower beyond.
InscriptionsOn face of monument left in ink: Sacred to the mem/ ory of Mrs./ Catharine Rendal/ Died. May. 14th 1799./ Aged 36 years.; on face of monument to right: To the Memory / of Mrs. / Elizabeth Mesick, / Died. Feb. 26h 1828./ Aged. 47 years.; on urn above: Blessed are/ dead, who/ die in the / Lord.
Lower margin center in ink: Caroline H. B. Pratt/ Aug. 22nd 1828
Lower margin center in ink: Caroline H. B. Pratt/ Aug. 22nd 1828
Provenance1960, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 8, 1960)