Mourning picture ca. 1810 American Creating memorial paintings in watercolor on silk was another skill that a teenage girl at a ladies' academy might have acquired. These paintings were probably as difficult to complete as the needlework pictures; in both cases the girl probably followed an outline drawn by her teacher or a local artist. This is the only mourning picture in our collection that has not been filled in with birth and death Mourning picture 5175

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Photo credit: © MET/BOT / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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