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To the Memory of by E.B. and E.C. Kellogg

Needham, D.

This hand colored memorial print depicts two gentlemen standing on each side of a tombstone. Behind the monument is a weeping willow tree and a white rosebush. The monument is inscribed "To the memory of {blank}” and contains the comforting words of Psalm 91:2 and Psalm 49:15, which profess a belief in the resurrection and salvation of the faithful. On the monument are the words: I will say of the Lord, he is my refuge, my God, in him will I trust. But God will redeem my soul from the power of the grave, for he shall receive me." Memorial prints depicting gave monuments were common during the antebellum or Victorian period and the Kellogg family produced several similar prints.

Date

1847

Type

lithograph

Medium

paper (overall material)

Department

NMAH

Institution

National Museum of American History

Object number

nmah_326101

Credit

Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection