Family register, February 6, 1813
William Murrayexpand_more
Ink, pencil and pigments on paperexpand_more
Gift of Robert MacGregor Shaw and Virginia Conger Buffington Shawexpand_more 2008.43
On View in Gallery 303expand_more
New York artist William Murray made numerous family registers, particularly for British-American families. Here Murry documents the family of Daniel Contryman, born in 1785. The style is an interesting hybrid of Pennsylvania Dutch (German) fraktur or "broken" writing style and traditional New England family registers. A fabulous example of American folk art, the register remained in the family until it was gifted to the MIA in 2008.
Details
- Title
- Family register
- Artist Life
- 1756 - 1828
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2008.43
- Curator Approved
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