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Contributor Cassey, Amy Matilda, 1809-1856, artist.
Payne, Daniel Alexander, 1811-1893, associated name.
Title [Rose with open scroll] [graphic].
Date [ca. 1845]
Physical Description 1 drawing: watercolor and gouache; sheet 24 x 19 cm. (9.5 x 7.25 in.)
Description Album page containing an incomplete drawing of a spray of red rose and three rose buds behind a blank open scroll. The stems of the flowers are depicted with thorns. Image possibly corresponds to an 1849 entry written by African Methodist Episcopal Bishop Daniel Alexander Payne (1811-1893) about the death of his wife and daughter that began, “Just by the side of this Rose, there grew a Rose-bud perfectly formed and softly tinged with the brightest carmine ….” (verso of p.64-66).
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Date estimated from span of dates of dated entries within album.
Possibly by Amy Matilda Cassey.
RVCDC
Description revised 2022.
Access points revised 2022.
Subject Roses.
Thorns.
African American women artists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Women.
Genre Watercolors -- 1840-1850.
Gouaches -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Amy Matilda Cassey album [P.9764.62]
Accession number P.9764.62

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