A
mark of friendship's pleasing power
Hinton, Ada Howell
artist
still image
Graphic
Gouaches -- 1840-1850
pau
PA. Philadelphia
ca. 1840
1840
monographic
eng
1 drawing: gouache; overall 28 x 23 cm. (11 x 9 in.)
Album page with embossed border and containing a drawing depicting a bunch of flowers above a four-line sentimental poem about friendship and rememberance. Flowers include a rose. Other flowers are depicted in the colors of orange, red, and violet. Image also includes a stem and leaves.
A.H.H.
Title from manuscript verse.
Probably by civil rights activist and educator Ada Howell Hinton who founded a school in 1849. Hinton was daughter of Philadelphia African American elite community member, barber, perfumer, and abolitionist Frederick Augustus Hinton.
Contains four lines of verse: A mark of friendship pleasing power,/In this small trifle see/And sometimes in a lonely hour,/View it and think of me.
Forms part of: Martina Dickerson Album.
Flowers
Poetry
Friendship
13859.Q.73
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Martina Dickerson album [13859.Q.73]
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