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Harry Siddons Mowbray
1858-1928
The Distribution of the Diplomas of the Society of the Cincinnati
Watercolor and pencil on cream colored paper.
14 5/16 x 21 1/2 inches (364 x 546 mm)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Jones.
1989.4:7
Notes:
Study for a mural for the Larz Anderson House, Washington, D.C.
Inscription:
Inscribed in pencil in scroll at upper left of the composition, "AN INCESSANT ATTENTION TO / PRESERVE INVIOLATE THOSE / EXALTED RIGHTS AND LIB- / ERTIES OF HUMAN NATURE / FOR WHICH THEY HAVE FOUGHT / AND WITHOUT THE HIGH RANK / OF A RATIONAL BEING IS A CURSE"; in pencil at lower center, four illegible words.
Provenance:
The artist's studio; by descent to Mowbray's widow, Florence Gertrude Millard Mowbray (1886-1958), New Haven, CT; by descent to her daughter Elizabeth Siddons Mowbray (1918-1978) and son-in-law, Hugh McKittrick Jones, Jr. (1919-1995).
Associated names:
Mowbray, Florence Millard, former owner.
Mowbray, Elizabeth Siddons, 1918-1978, former owner.
Jones, Hugh, former owner.
Jones, Hugh, Mrs., former owner.
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