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According to a label on the reverse, Mr Samuel Smith, was a brewer with a family pew in Alton church to accomodate his 14 children.
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DATED 1820
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A GEORGE IV WATERCOLOUR 'MEMENTO MORI'
DATED 1820
Depicting Alton Church, Hampshire, with inscribed headstones to Mr Samuel Smith, d. 1818, his wife Ann, d. 1823, daughter of William Burch, of Blounce, and of their son William Burch Smith, d. 1817, and to Marianne Kirby, d. 1816, in an ebonised and parcel-gilt moulded later frame
20 x 14¼ in. (51 x 36 cm.) including frame
DATED 1820
Depicting Alton Church, Hampshire, with inscribed headstones to Mr Samuel Smith, d. 1818, his wife Ann, d. 1823, daughter of William Burch, of Blounce, and of their son William Burch Smith, d. 1817, and to Marianne Kirby, d. 1816, in an ebonised and parcel-gilt moulded later frame
20 x 14¼ in. (51 x 36 cm.) including frame
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