Hand painted watercolor on wove paper depicting two grieving maidens at a tomb surmounted by an urn with the tomb inscribed, "Sacred to the memory / Polly Shearer / Who died March 26th 1788 / Aged 8 years / The soul to heaven arose / For did not Christ declare / That such his kingdom did compare / and shall it not be there?" Housed under glass in a paint decorated frame.

SS 9.5 x 14 in.; DOA 12.5 x 16.75 in.

Collection of a Lady, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Minor crease to bottom left corner; not examined out of frame; frame with veneer chip to upper right corner.

$200 - 300