Artwork

Artwork

Blake Map of 1830 scanned copy

Copy of the detailed map of Warwick made by Jonathan Blake, Jr. (5.29.1780 - 4.13.1864) in 1830. The original is in the Town Clerk's office in the Warwick Town Hall.

This exact reproduction was commissioned and funded by Martha T. Kitchen in September, 2010.

Approximate era
don't know
Donated by
Martha T. Kitchen
Donation date
9/2010

Embroidered 19th Century sampler

Linen sampler, 17 1/2" x 16 1/2", embroidered in silk polychrome on single ply hand woven linen. Sampler illustrates family record of Calvin Allen and Abigail Richards, married 1801. Two embroidered areas topped with embroidered urns and birds holding leaf branches. Within the areas are embroidered the names and dates , from 1802 to 1822 of the births (on the left side area) and deaths (on the right side area) of the children of Calvin and Abigail. The left side of the sampler is embroidered with a willow tree arching over the top ; the right side is embroidered with a field? or water?

Year (or year range)
1822-1830
Approximate era
1801-1850

Watercolor - David Praising God

Watercolor - "David Praising God"
Painted by Tryphena Goldsbury Smith (1801 - 1835). Daughter of Colonel James Goldsbury, married Rev. Preserved Smith in 1823, and was his second wife. A very talented woman and artist, she painted these pictures in watercolors about 1830.
(restored and framed in 1988).

Year (or year range)
1830
Approximate era
1801-1850