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Closely related examples from the collection of the Museum of American Folk Art are illustrated in American Folk Art: Expressions of a New Spirit, pp. 36-37, figs. 25-27.
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A WATERCOLOR AND INK MEMORIAL PICTURE
ATTRIBUTED TO THE HEART AND HAND ARTIST, BARRINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, CIRCA 1841
Depicting a stone tomb inscribed "Sarah Jane Gray Died/April 3rd 1841 Ae 8 years/9 months 8 days/Mary Olive Gray Died/March 29 1841 Ae 5 years/11 Month 14 days/Levi Freeman Gray Died/April 18 1841 Ae 3 years/15 days Strafford N.H." flanked by a pair of Weeping Willows framed by a rectangular border--6 7/8 x 9 5/10in.
ATTRIBUTED TO THE HEART AND HAND ARTIST, BARRINGTON, NEW HAMPSHIRE, CIRCA 1841
Depicting a stone tomb inscribed "Sarah Jane Gray Died/April 3rd 1841 Ae 8 years/9 months 8 days/Mary Olive Gray Died/March 29 1841 Ae 5 years/11 Month 14 days/Levi Freeman Gray Died/April 18 1841 Ae 3 years/15 days Strafford N.H." flanked by a pair of Weeping Willows framed by a rectangular border--6 7/8 x 9 5/10in.