Three Cats, and Funeral Monument
DateAfter 1844
MediumThree Cats: Gouache (maybe graphite) on paper, Monument: Pencil
Dimensions9 3/4 in x 13 9/16 in
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineBequest of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number1971.2.92 A-B
DescriptionThree Cats: Double frame. Reverse has pencil drawing of funeral monument. Reverse has graphite drawing of a landscape, including a highly detailed rendering of Mrs. Abigail Simonds Barrows' Funerary Monument which bears date of 1844. Reverse has pencil drawing of funeral monument beneath a weeping willow tree "To the memory of Mrs. Abigail Simonds Barrows who died Oct. 15, 1844 in the 26th year of her age." Funeral Monument: Inscription on monument reads: "To the memory of Mrs. Abigail Simonds Barrows who died Oct. 15, 1844 in the 26th year of her Life." This is the reverse of a primitive gouache entitled "Three Cats." Both works seem to be by the same hand. Main entry card is under "Three Cats."
On View
Not on viewCollections
Guna (Native Central American)
late 19th c.
19th century
G. WOLTZ
[not after 1936].
