Object Number 1955.0049.011 A

Object Name

Drawing (Family register)

Title

Family Register of Aaron and Ruby (Bartlett) Mason

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase

Creator (Role)

Sarah Merrill Mason (Artist)
11/10/1822-08/23/1877
Sarah married Harvey Page (b. 1803) on December 25, 1845. See Edna Warren Mason, Descendents of Capt. Hugh Mason in America (New Haven, CT: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1937). Only one work by Sarah is known, family register 55.49.11.

Place of Origin

Bethel, Oxford, Maine, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

The Mason family homestead was in Bethel.

Date

1833-1834

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Bottom center; BY SARAH M. MASON/ AGED 11 Years.

Materials

Ink; Watercolor; Paper (wove)

Techniques

Drawn, Hand colored, Hand lettered, Painted

Dimensions (inches)

15.85 (H) , 15.83 (W) , 15.31 (Image H) , 15.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

40.25 (H) , 40.2 (W) , 15.31 (Image H) , 15.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H taken 1½" from left. W taken 2" from bottom.

Watermark

Partial at bottom right: "J WH/ TUR[I?]/ 1[?]"

Coloring

Hand colored with transparent and opaque watercolors

Object Description

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