Title: 
Memorial for George Washington, (painting).
Artist: 
Folwell, Samuel, ca. 1768-ca. 1813, painter. (attributed to)
Dates: 
ca. 1800.
Medium: 
Watercolor and chopped hair on ivory.
Dimensions: 
1 7/8 x 1 5/16 in. (4.8 x 3.3 cm)
Description: 
A full-length female figure sits beside Washington's tomb under a willow tree.
Subject: 
Primitive -- Mourning
Homage -- Washington, George
Figure female -- Full length
Architecture -- Monument -- Gravestone
Landscape -- Tree -- Willow Tree
Object Type: 
Miniature
Painting
Owner: 
Yale University Art Gallery, 1111 Chapel Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06520 Accession Number: 1940.537
References: 
Frank, Robin Jaffee, "Love and loss: American portrait and mourning miniatures," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2000, no. 58.
"A checklist of American paintings at Yale University," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1982, no. 1938m.
Illustration: 
Frank, Robin Jaffee, "Love and loss: American portrait and mourning miniatures," New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 2000, pg. 111
Note: 
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository: 
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number: 
IAP 07262104

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