Elizabeth Kennedy's Grave in Union Cemetery watercolor
Permanent ID:
3023Call number:
K; 1-115Image Description:
Center image depicts a tall, white monument, which resembles a Greek Corinthian column. The monument stands in a grassy graveyard, with other monuments visible in the distance. Top left, bottom left, and bottom right images are manuscripts which state the inscription on the monument. The top right image is a map of the burial plot. Image dimensions are ordered in counter-clockwise order, with the exception of the center image, which is listed first.Inscription:
Mothers Grave and Monument 17 feet high. Erected in the Guelph Union Cemetery, Guelph, C.W. (Bottom, center image)William Kennedy, Husband of Elizabeth Spence, Born in Oxnam, Roxboroughshire, Scotland, on April 14th, 1783. Died October 24th 1874. Aged 91 years & 6 mos. (Top left image)
To The Memory of Elizabeth Spence Wife of William Kennedy Born in Leith, Scotland, on January 20th 1783 Died June 5th 1861. Aged 79 years. A devoted & loving wife & mother (Bottom left image)
Erected by William Kennedy husband of the deceased, her son and son in law David J. Kennedy and Charles Davidson 1862. (Bottom right image)
Address:
Union Cemetery, GuelphFormat:
WatercolorsDimensions:
Width: 19 cm, Height: 28 cm (image)Width: 9 cm, Height: 10 cm (image)
Width: 8 cm, Height: 11 cm (image)
Width: 8 cm, Height: 10 cm (image)
Width: 9 cm, Height: 13 cm (image)
Collection:
David J. Kennedy watercolorsRelated People or Organizations:
David Johnson Kennedy, 1816-1898 (painter)William Kennedy (relates to)
Kennedy, Elizabeth (relates to)
Related Terms:
Selling cemetery lot (is described by)Archive (is described by)
Sepulchral monument (depicts)