Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
"In Memory" Mourning Print |
Scope & Content |
Watercolor Lithograph on paper, "In Memory" Mourning print not filled out, 10" x 13 3/8". Kellog & Thayer, 144 Fulton St., NY Portrait companies produced lithographs of the mourning process, such as the company that would come to be known as Currier and Ives. These lithographs usually depicted women in full mourning next to a tomb, which was oftentimes topped with an urn. There also was usually a weeping willow and a church in the background. These images often showed women in exaggerated poses of sorrow, draped over the tomb next to them. Items in this record relate to Speedwell Site Papers, Series 3: Morristown and 19th Century History |
Object Name |
Lithograph |
Catalog Number |
HS2006.009 |
Collection |
Historic Speedwell Collection |
Physical characteristics |
1 print, 10" x 13 3/8". |
Creator |
Kellog & Thayer |
Biographical History |
The Speedwell Site Collection materials relate to the institutional history of the site as a non-profit and governmental institution. These documents are an excellent source of information for researchers interested in the institutional and site related history of Historic Speedwell, early historic preservation efforts, and local history related articles and research. Additional materials related to local Morristown history add to the interpretation of the site and are used as a resource for research and display. |
Year Range from |
1830 |
Year Range to |
1860 |
System of arrangement |
The Speedwell Site Collection is organized into 3 series relating to the institutional history of the site as a non-profit and governmental institution. The arrangement of the collection reflects the natural groupings found within the Collection: Speedwell Institutional History; Buildings on Site; Morristown and 19th century History |
Subjects |
Mourning clothes Death & burial Memorial rites & ceremonies Memorial works |
Parent ObjectID |
HS2012.002.0003 |
Copyrights |
Records may be copied for use in individual scholarly or personal research; however, as with all materials in the Morris County Park Commission, researchers are responsible for obtaining copyright permission to use material from the collection. |
Level of description |
Item |