Three Cats, and Funeral Monument
Date: After 1844
Medium: Three Cats: Gouache (maybe graphite) on paper, Monument: Pencil
Dimensions:
9 3/4 in x 13 9/16 in
Classification: Visual Works
Credit Line: Bequest of Henry Schnakenberg
Object number: 1971.2.92 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."
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."
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