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Betts Family Memorialsigned Anna Betts, Stockton, 1822
2 – 12 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsUS$3,000 - US$5,000
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Betts Family Memorial
signed Anna Betts, Stockton, 1822
Cream-colored silk twill-woven panel painted with black-outlined oval reserve depicting a woman in long black dress and bonnet daubing her left eye with a handkerchief, standing to left of a monumental plinth inscribed "Sacred to the Memory of James Betts Aged 33 years" in black ink, surmounted by an urn inscribed "Rest's in Peace" along rim; a low rectangular monument at her left is divided into three panels that read "John Betts Aged 5 years", "Lavinia Betts Aged 10 years", and "Louisa Betts Aged 12 years"; a paper scroll at the figure's feet reads "In rural scene's / Where Stockton stands This piece was done / By Anna's hands. / 1822."
watercolor on silk, in later glazed frame
panel 15 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.
framed 19 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.
Cream-colored silk twill-woven panel painted with black-outlined oval reserve depicting a woman in long black dress and bonnet daubing her left eye with a handkerchief, standing to left of a monumental plinth inscribed "Sacred to the Memory of James Betts Aged 33 years" in black ink, surmounted by an urn inscribed "Rest's in Peace" along rim; a low rectangular monument at her left is divided into three panels that read "John Betts Aged 5 years", "Lavinia Betts Aged 10 years", and "Louisa Betts Aged 12 years"; a paper scroll at the figure's feet reads "In rural scene's / Where Stockton stands This piece was done / By Anna's hands. / 1822."
watercolor on silk, in later glazed frame
panel 15 3/4 x 20 1/4 in.
framed 19 1/2 x 23 3/4 in.