Design for Stained Glass Window in Memory of Christina Trask

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Artist
Francis Augustus Lathrop, (American, 1849–1909)
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A girl seated on a bench holds a child in her lap to whom she gives a flower. Blooming trees rise in the background. Written on a tablet on top, in capitals: "BORN.....MDCCCCV"; on a tablet at the bottom: "IF YOUR LIFE BE SHORT / MAKE IT LONG BY KIND / WORDS AND GOOD DEEDS." Framing stripes. Framing brown lines on the cardboard.
ca. 1907
Accession Number
1914-38-75
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
architecture, interiors
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on brown paper
Dimensions
16.5 × 8.8 cm (6 1/2 × 3 7/16 in.)
Mount: 18.1 × 10.5 cm (7 1/8 × 4 1/8 in.)
made in
USA
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1914-38-75
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq45d9c62f5-49f7-40b3-9403-42daed1a2710
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