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Mourning Locket for A. R.
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Washington, Stati Uniti
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Miniature paintings memorializing a friend or family member grew popular in the nineteenth century when the death of Prince Albert sent Queen Victoria into deep mourning. A name and death date on a locket, pin, or ring marked the passing of a loved one, and artists sometimes mixed a lock of the deceased person’s hair in with the pigment. The paintings often showed the bereaved person next to a tomb or cinerary urn, as in Mourning Locket for A. R. and Mourning Ring for William Burnside, and sometimes included symbols of grieving such as a dove or weeping willow.
Smithsonian American Art Museum
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- Numero di inventario
- 1938.7.1
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Immagine: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
