[Woman mourning by tomb with inscription, to the memory of Capt. John Williams – Historic Print
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A window into the past: [Woman mourning by tomb with inscription, to the memory of Capt. John Williams, preserved in this historic image. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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[Woman mourning by tomb with inscription, to the memory of Capt. John Williams
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This print stands apart from many mourning pictures because it is dedicated to a specific man, Capt. John Williams, rather than to an unnamed loss. A woman in mourning dress sits beside a tomb bearing his inscription, a pose common in memorial prints of the period. Made by lithographer D.W. Kellogg between about 1840 and 1842 and colored by hand, such sheets were bought as keepsakes to hang in family parlors and mark a death. Its placement on a Memorial Day board reflects a later association, while the print itself belongs to the older American custom of private mourning.
| Created / published | LC-USZC4-1840 (color film copy transparency)LC-USZ62-28016 (b&w film copy neg.) |
|---|---|
| Medium | PGA - Kellogg (D.W.)--To the memory of ... (B size) [P&P] |
| Notes | 1 print : lithograph, hand-colored. |
| Subjects | [between 1840 and 1842] |
| Original scan | 1,458 × 1,162 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-215984 |
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