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Memorial for Nathan and John Merrill

Memorial for Nathan and John Merrill

(American, 19th century)
Medium/TechniquePen and watercolor on paper
DimensionsImage: 39.7 x 53.8 cm (15 5/8 x 21 3/16 in.) oval
Sheet: 44 x 55.9 cm (17 5/16 x 22 in.)
Credit LineGift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession number56.445
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ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsOn tomb in left in pen: Sacred to the memory/ of Nathan E Merrill / Born April 3d AD 1781./ Died July 11th AD 1785; on tomb right: Sacred to the memory of/ John Merrill. Born Nov. 15 AD 1776. / Died at Hanover Aug. 25. AD 1797./ A member of Dartmouth University. Signed and dated 1814 on original painted glass mat.
Provenance1956, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 7, 1956)