Mourning pictur
Unknown
ca. 1810 · Painted watercolor and gouache on silk · The American Wing
Creating memorial paintings in watercolor on silk was another skill that a teenage girl at a ladies' academy might have acquired. These paintings were probably as difficult to complete as the needlework pictures; in both cases the girl probably followed an outline drawn by her teacher or a local artist. This is the only mourning picture in our collection that has not been filled in with birth and death dates.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1810
- Medium
- Painted watercolor and gouache on silk
- Culture
- American
- Department
- The American Wing
- Credit line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld, 1983
