Two Sarcophagus Designs, Nos. 1368 and 1367

Alexander Maxwell

1840–80 · Pen and ink on onion skin paper · Drawings and Prints

Alexander Maxwell designed and made grave monuments for New York area clients in the mid-nineteenth century (a fine example is a Butterfield family mausoleum of ca. 1875 at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx). They likely were related to the marble and granite suppliers Alexander Maxwell & Co. of East Canaan, Connecticut, who provided marble for New York City Hall in 1838, and for a hundred columns used in an extension of the United States Capitol, Washington DC in 1860. This drawing comes from a group of designs for private memorials.

Artist: Alexander Maxwell
Date: 1840–80
Medium: Pen and ink on onion skin paper
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Herbert Mitchell, 2008

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