| Creator |
Douglass, S. M. (Sarah Mapps), 1806-1882, artist. |
| Title |
Forget me not [graphic] / S.M.D. |
| Date |
[ca. 1843] |
| Physical Description |
1 drawing: pen and ink, watercolor; overall 28 x 23 cm (11 x 9 in.) |
| Description |
Album page with an embossed border and containing a drawing of forget-me-nots. Shows a sprig of red and blue flowers, and
red and blue buds, as well as green leaves. Border is composed of ornament details.
|
| Notes |
Title from album page. |
|
Date inferred from complementary entries in album. |
|
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. |
|
African American women artists -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
|
Women. |
| Genre |
Drawings -- 1840-1850. |
|
Watercolors -- 1840-1850. |
| Location |
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Martina Dickerson album [13859.Q.83] |
| Accession number |
13859.Q.83 |
