Schoolgirl watercolor painting

Mary Child Bacon Fowler (American, 1800–1858)

1814–1819

Medium/TechniqueWatercolor on silk plain weave

DimensionsOverall (unframed): 47 x 44.5 cm (18 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.)

Credit LineGift of Beatrice Weeks Bast, Rosa Cheryl Hallowell and Rebecca Weeks Sherrill More in memory of Sinclair Weeks (1893 - 1972) and his forebearers

Accession number2015.2064

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ClassificationsWatercolors

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InscriptionsInscriptions written on the Urn: Urn: "She Rests in Heaven" Base: "Sacred/ to the Memory of/ Mrs Sarah Clap/ d. June 15 1814/ aged 73 years"ProvenanceBetween 1814 and 1819, probably painted by Mary Child Bacon Fowler (b. 1800 - d. 1858), East Woodstock, CT in memory of her grandmother, Sarah House/Howes Clapp (b. about 1741 - d. 1814), Rochester, MA; 1814, given by descent to her daughter Bethiah Clapp Bacon (b. 1778 - d. 1865), East Woodstock, CT; about 1865, given by descent to her grandaughter Mary Helen Fowler Weeks (b. 1834 - d. 1897), Woodstock, CT; about 1897, given by descent to her son John Wingate Weeks (b. 1860 - d. 1926), Lancaster, NH; abount 1926, given by descent to his son Sinclair Weeks (b. 1893 - d. 1972), Concord, MA; about 1972, given by descent to his daughter Beatrice Weeks Bast, Ambler, PA, his granddaughter Rebecca Weeks Sherril More, Providence, RI and his great-granddaughter, Rose Cheryl Hallowell, Concord, MA; 2015, gift of Bast, More and Hallowell to the MFA. (Accession date: May 20, 2015)