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Memorial to William Henry, Jr. (d. 1805) and Mrs. Polly Henry (d. 1807)

(American, active around 1807)
about 1807
Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on silk
DimensionsOverall: 54.6 x 73.7cm (21 1/2 x 29 in.)
Framed: 69.9 x 88.9 cm (27 1/2 x 35 in.)
Credit LineM. and M. Karolik Fund
Accession number1979.622
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsWatercolors
Inscriptions"Sacred to the Memory of William Henry Jr. who died July 26th 1805 Aged 46 years" "Sacred to the memory of July 18th 1807, Aged 45 years.
ProvenanceColl.: the artist; her sister Annoch Henry Hammond; Mrs. Margaret S. Weatson (Milton, Mass.); Maxim Karolik (1893-1963, Newport); by whom given to MFA December 19, 1979
Katherine L. Robinson
about 1953
Restricted
Florence Vincent Robinson
1894–1913
Dress
Polly Watson
1960–1970
Restricted: For reference only
Polly Barton
2000
John Henry Robinson
John Henry Robinson
John Henry Robinson
John Henry Robinson
John Henry Robinson
John Henry Robinson