To the Memory of George H. and Ruel T. Hills

c. 1839

American 19th Century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and ink with watercolor, partly stenciled

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

  • Dimensions

    sight size: 45 x 57.5 cm (17 11/16 x 22 5/8 in.)
    framed: 55.2 x 67.3 x 0.6 cm (21 3/4 x 26 1/2 x 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1971.83.36

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1974

  • The Flowering of American Folk Art 1776-1876, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond; The M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco, 1974, no. 111, repro., as Memorial for George H. Hills.

Bibliography

1974

  • Recent Acquisitions and Promised Gifts: Sculptures, Drawings, Prints. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1974:219.

  • Lipman, Jean, and Alice Winchester. The Flowering of American Folk Art. New York, 1974: fig.111.

Inscriptions

lower center: To The / Memory / of / George H. Hills.Departed / this life July, 1833 Aged 3 weeks 1 day / Ruel T. Hills.Departed this / life Oct 21, 1839 Ag ed 1 Year 11 Mo 3 da

Wikidata ID

Q64534827

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