Schoolgirl Painted Pictorial Memorial

Schoolgirl Painted Pictorial Memorial, by "Lydia M. Daggett," America, c. 1818, watercolor on paper, depicting a cemetery with a young woman grieving beside a monument inscribed "Consecrated to the remains of John Daggett who was born Sept. 9th 1800 and died July 5th 1803. And an Infant Child aged 10 hours who was born June 5th 1818." over a verse, (toning, minor stains and paint loss), 19 1/2 x 29 1/2 in., in original eglomise mat with the maker's name lettered in gilt, and black-painted molded wood frame with gilt ropetwist trim, the backboard retains a printed paper framer's label for P. Grinnell, Providence, Rhode Island.