Drawing depicting a young white girl, in front of a small garden of flower bushes, and holding up a flower to her mother who stands in the doorway of a residence. In the left, the girl holds a flower up with her right hand near a basket of picked flowers and several flowers lying on the ground. In the right, in the doorway the mother, portrayed with an expression of dismay on her face, raises both her hands up. Image also includes a residence in the left background., Title and date from item., Gift of David Doret and Linda G. Mitchell, 2020., Abigail "Abbie" A. Peacock (1864-1927) was an artist who trained at the Philadelphia School of Design for Women 1880-1884. A resident of Friends Insane Asylum, Philadelphia by 1900, Peacock later was a resident of the Camden County Hospital for the Insane beginning in 1905.
Creator
Peacock, Abigail A., 1864-1927, artist
Date
April 13, 1883
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department Doret and Mitchell Collection – Drawings & Watercolors [P.2020.40.14]
