File:Family Register (USA), 1817 (CH 18697367).jpg

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English: Family Register (USA), 1817   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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English: Family Register (USA), 1817
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English: Embroidered in black, a record of the family of Silas Wheelock (1769-1817) and Hannah Harrington (1782-?), with columns for the births, marriages and deaths of their children, in a framework of columns surmounted by urns. Weeping willows on either side of the inscription: EW in Memory of a Parent At the bottom, a verse: As time and tide do not abide So we from time must pass Made of the dust return we must And perish like the grass
Date 1817
date QS:P571,+1817-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium linen, wool.
Dimensions Frame H x W: 43.2 x 44.5 cm (17 x 17 1/2 in.)
institution QS:P195,Q1129820
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2003-14-14
Credit line Gift of Myra and William H. Mathers
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  • Type: Family register
  • Inscribed: EW in Memory of a Parent
  • Country: United States
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