Funerary scene painting   Save
Ohio History Connection Museum Collection
Description: This is a watercolor on paper that shows an urn and grave monument beneath a tree. Two weeping women visit the grave and a white dove flies above them with a wreath in its beak. The urn is inscribed "1815" and the monument is inscribed "A memorial of John Whipple, died March 29th, aged 35 years." A note written at the bottom of the painting reads "John Whipple--was buried at Cincinnati, March 30, 1815, aged 35--was death denied poor man would live in vain." The painting is stored in a frame under glass. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: H6852
Subjects: Death; Tombs and sepulchral monuments; Paintings; Women
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)