Details
Creator Douglass, S. M. (Sarah Mapps), 1806-1882, artist.
Title [Vase of flowers] [graphic] / S.M.D.
Publisher PA. Philadelphia. 1843
Date 1843
Physical Description 1 drawing: graphite drawing; overall 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 in.)
Description Album page with embossed border and containing a drawing of a vase of flowers. Shows an arrangement of flowers including roses, camellias, pansies and forget-me-nots, in an urn-shaped vase. Border is composed of a leaf design.
Notes Title supplied by cataloguer.
Date from album page.
RVCDC
Description revised 2022.
Biographical / historical note Douglass, was an artist, prominent Quaker member of the Philadelphia African American elite community, educator, and anti-slavery activist.
Subject Flowers.
Vases.
African American women artists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Genre Graphite drawings -- 1840-1850.
Location Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Martina Dickerson album [13859.Q.78]
Accession number 13859.Q.78