Artist Signed Watercolor Painting Mourning Members of the Aldrich Family, c. 1850 fully dressed in human clothes

fully dressed in human clothes

It features a brass framed clock face that reads "Made in Germany

near Boylston Street

the second being called "He is Saved

and the remnants of the original felt on the bottom

Artist Signed Watercolor Painting Mourning Members of the Aldrich Family, c. 1850 fully dressed in human clothesHere is an astonishing memento mori from the mid 1800s. This is an original watercolor painting and pencil drawing depicting the graves of three members of the Aldrich family, visited by a lone, weeping mourner. Mourning artwork of this type was typical of the era, but is most often seen in print form; an original painting is more rare. This painting is artist signed, the signature appearing to be that of an R. S. Bellome, or like spelled name. This