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- Title:
Memorial To The Children Of James And Mary Woodmason
- Date:
- 1798
- Medium:
- Line engraving and stipple engraving
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower center: "James born 20 June 1773 | Mary 28 Aug: 1774 | Charles 17 Feb: 1776 | Harriot 10 Mar 1777 | George 30 Jan: 1778 | John | Eliz: Twins 22 Mar: 1779 | The WHOLE OFFSPRING of | JAMES and MARY WOODMASON | In the Same awful moment on the 18 Jan. 1782. | TRANSLATED | By Sudden and irresistible Flames | In the late Mansion of their sorrowing Parents | from the | SLEEP of INNOCENCE | to | ETERNAL BLISS! | Their REMAINS collected from the RUINS | Are here combined! | A sympathizing Friend of the bereaved Parents | their Companion through the Night of the 18 Jan: | In a Scene of Distress beyond the Powers of Language | perhpas of Imagination! | Devotes this spontaneous Tribute | of the Feelings of his Mind | To the MEMORY of INNOCENCE! | J.H.C."; lettered, lower left: "C.R. Ryley del."; lettered, lower right: "F. Bartolozzi R. A. sculp."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.19610
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:37548
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