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Memorial for Amos Tyler

Memorial for Amos Tyler

Medium/TechniqueGraphite and watercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 18.7 x 20.8 cm (7 3/8 x 8 3/16 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number56.443
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsOn monument in ink: Sacred to the memory of/ Amos Tyler, / who Died Jany. 15. 1829, Aged. 37./ May we never mourn those/ Who sleep in Jesu's arms. On verso in ink: Farewell dear friends a short farewell/ For we on earth awhile must dwell./ Jann
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 1956)

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