Memorial Picture by Esther Bevier Hasbrouck



Object ID:
2503
Category:
Made by Students
Medium:
Silk and watercolor on silk
Creator:
Esther Bevier Hasbrouck
Date:
1806
Held at:
The Locust Grove Estate and Locust Lawn Farm
Description:
Silk and watercolor on silk embroidered memorial picture by Esther Bevier Hasbrouck. Needlework shows an urn monument below a weeping willow with the words "Daughter's Tribute, TO THE MEMORY OF HER BELOVED FATHER. THE SLEEPING DUST SHALL ARISE, AND BELIEVING FRIENDS UNITE, TO PART NO MORE." inscribed on the base. A woman in a long dress stands next to the monument with hands clasped in front of her chest, and a large anchor resting under her right arm. A church is seen on the right and houses in the distance.

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