In Loving Remembrance of Christena Wiseman

In Loving Remembrance of Christena Wiseman

Ephemera

George Mitchell

American, active ca. 1890

In Loving Remembrance of Christena Wiseman

1891
Lithograph
Overall: 16.4 x 10.6 cm
Purchase with funds from the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, ex-collection Walter A. Johnson, 2010
Inscriptions recto (printed in gilt ink): Whom the Lord Loveth he Chasteneth. / There is no death! what seems so is transition / This life of Mortal breath / is but a suburb of the life elysian / Whose portal we call Death / In Loving Remembrance of / Christena Wiseman, / Died, Aug. 8, 1891. / Age 65 yrs., 3 mos., 2 days. / holy bible / [memorial poem]
verso (printed in gilt ink): GEORGE MITCHELL. / Manufacturer / FINE MEMORIAL / CARDS, / GREENFIELD, / IND. / COPYRIGHTED 1891

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