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Title(s)
To my daughter, may the morn of thy existence be unclouded, thy noontide of dazzling light : and thy eventide like the sun which only sets to rise again in renewed splendour.
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Published/Created
Coventry : T. Stevens, [approximately 1870]
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Physical Description
1 silk picture : color ; 17 x 5 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NK9002.S8 T6 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Visual Materials
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Notes
A woven picture, machine-embroidered on silk. On black silk in gold, purple, green, and red.
The words "Coventry" and "T. Stevens" are embroidered on the reverse.
Godden, G.A. Stevengraphs and other Victorian silk pictures, 748
Stevengraph bookmark featuring several lines of verse above and below an illustration of a bundle of forget-me-nots, tied with red ribbon. On a black background, the bookmark was presumably used as part of mourning observance. -
Subject Terms
Bookmarks -- Specimens. | Death. | Grief. | Mourning customs -- Great Britain. | Silk pictures -- Specimens.
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Form/Genre
Bookmarks. | Embroidery (visual works) | Memorials (Commemorative) | Stevengraphs. | Textiles.
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