Plaque
Grand Manan Museum
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| Object Name: | Plaque |
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| Artist/Maker: | Unknown |
| Object Type: | Commemorative Memorial |
| Category: | Commemorative |
| Material: | fibre, paper wood, spruce? |
| Technique: | printed fastened |
| Accession Number: | 2021.04.04 |
| Use-Province: | New Brunswick |
| Use-Country: | Canada |
| Culture: | North American |
| Earliest Production Date: | 1897-01-01 |
| Latest Production Date: | 1897-12-31 |
| Description: | Black with gold ornamentation, illustration and text. Brown frame. |
| Narrative: | A religious commemorative plaque for Bessie Ingersoll and Bertha Graham, two sisters who died in 1897 and 1908 respectively. Plaque designed by their mother and was presumably on display in her home. |
| History of Use: | A commemorative plaque for two sisters, one of whom was Bertha Graham who died at age 40. Her relatives were the undertakers on the island for three generation. |
| Height: | 13 cm |
| Width: | 22.75 cm |
| Subject/Image: | Memorial plaque |
| Institution: |
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| Institution City: | Grand Manan |
| Institution Province: | New Brunswick |