Mourning picture Maker: Unknown
Honorand: Azubah Day, American, 1758–1807

ca. 1810

American Decorative Arts

Not on view
Medium

Silk with silk thread

Dimensions

Framed: 18 5/8 × 17 in. (47.31 × 43.18 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of William Howze, B.A. 1967, M.A. 1978, M.Phil. 1978, in memory of Oswaldo Rodriguez

Accession Number

2010.128.1

Geography

Made in Wrentham, Massachusetts

Culture

American

Period

19th century

Classification

Textiles

Disclaimer

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Provenance
Purchased from a junk store, fall 1974; gift to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn. 2010
Bibliography
  • Robert Shaw and Jane Katcher, The Instruction of Young Ladies: Arts from Private Girls' Schools and Academies in Early America, exh. cat. (Cooperstown, N.Y.: Fenimore Art Museum, 2016), 55, no. 13
  • "Acquisitions," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin: Online Supplement (accessed March 1, 2012), 22
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Marks

"Sacred to the memory of / Mrs. Azubah Day. / obt. October 1, 1807 [illegible symbol] 49 yrs. 4 mo. 17 days" written in black ink on the base of the plinth.

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