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Source Description
This drawing was specially commissioned from an as yet unidentified artist as the tailpiece to one of William T. Walters' albums of drawings. It shows a thistle growing up through the eye of a skull. The word "emigravit" appears below on a scroll. This is Latin for "departed," a word sometimes chosen for gravestone inscriptions. The thistle down blowing away in the wind is also a kind of momento mori.
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Document identity
localId
8324
label
Illuminated Tailpiece with Thistle and a Skull for William T. Walters' Drawing Album ""Original Sketches""
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Source metadata
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8324
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normalized
title
Illuminated Tailpiece with Thistle and a Skull for William T. Walters' Drawing Album ""Original Sketches""
description
This drawing was specially commissioned from an as yet unidentified artist as the tailpiece to one of William T. Walters' albums of drawings. It shows a thistle growing up through the eye of a skull. The word "emigravit" appears below on a scroll. This is Latin for "departed," a word sometimes chosen for gravestone inscriptions. The thistle down blowing away in the wind is also a kind of momento mori.
provenance
Commissioned by William T. Walters, Baltimore, by 1859; inherited by Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
date
1859
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
watercolors (paintings)
tailpieces
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4
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4
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import
dimensions
units
cm
width
20.4
height
15.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 8 1/16 × W: 6 in. (20.4 × 15.3 cm); Paper support H: 9 1/4 × W: 7 1/4 in. (23.5 × 18.4 cm); Mat H 19 1/4 × W: 14 1/4 in. (48.9 × 36.2 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
[Initialed and dated on palette] 18 CMB 59; [Inscribed] EMIGRAVIT
RelatedObjects
33038
med
Watercolor on yellow paper
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33560
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EAN
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3271
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