Highlights : Rituals : Mourning

Subcategory Mourning contains 11 item(s).

	Phelps mourning embroidery 1804 1990.016 The weeping willows and funerary urns Martha "Patty" Phelps painstakingly stitched in this silk-on-silk embroidery recording the deaths of her mother and brother were traditional symbols of mourning in 19th-century America.
	"George Fuller, His Life & Works - A Memorial" 1886 L99.040 Two years after artist George Fuller's death, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) published this illustrated book in Fuller's memory.
	"The Young Reader; To Go With The Spelling Book" 1835 L00.011 The Young Reader was one of many readers that parents could purchase for their children by the 1830s.
	Memorial to M. & S. Sheldon 1830-1842 1999.13.505 This hand-colored lithograph was dedicated to the memory of Mrs. Mehitable Sheldon and Sophia M. Sheldon between 1830 and 1842.
	Cathcart Family Register c. 1840 1954.14.03 The information on this printed register of the Cathcart family has been entered by hand, and both the arched surround and the columns have been hand-painted.
	Family Bible owned by David Hoyt 1762 L00.034 The original owner of this Bible was David Hoyt (1722-1814) of Deerfield, Massachusetts, and in it he recorded the births and deaths of his family from 1744 to 1803.
	Washington Memorial 1801 1908.02 This 1801 engraving depicts mourners at the tomb of George Washington.
	Hoyt family register 1803-1806 1985.0002 This family register was embroidered with silk threads on a linen ground by Nancy Hoyt (1788-1870) about 1804 to record the vital statistics of her immediate family.
	Memorial Print announcing the death of Hariet A. Cooley c. 1870 L01.059 This printed memorial was painted and personalized with a tribute to the four-year-old Hariet Cooley.
	"In Memory of JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD" c. 1881 L01.104 Widely admired for his actions prior to the presidency, President James A. Garfield's assassination only months into his first term caused a great deal of sorrow.