A Sailor at a Quaker's Funeral

Date1807

Artist/Maker Woodward & Cruikshanks

Publisher Thomas Tegg

OriginEngland, London

MediumEtched hand colored engraving.

Dimensions(plate): OH: 9 1/2" x OW: 13 1/2"

Credit LineMuseum Purchase

Object number1940-426

DescriptionUpper right corner reads: "114"
Lower margin reads: "A Sailor at a QUAKERS FUNERAL./ Pub. by T. Tegg. 111 Cheapside."Label TextThis print depicts a Quaker standing by an open grave, with clasped hands, eyes turned up. A gravedigger leans on his spade watching him with a puzzled look. The Quaker says "Verily the spirit at length beginneth to me me - Alas! There is no happiness on this side of the grave." A sailor stands opposite asking "Why then youLubber, don't you come on this side?" A second Quaker stands behind the first, hands clasped, looking down. To the left a woman in Quaker bonnet seems to be crying. Another mourner stands to the right behind the sailor. The grave is open and at the foot lies a skull, as if just dug up.ProvenanceBefore 1940, Robert Fridenberg [1860-1946] (New York, NY); 1940-present, purchased by the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation (Williamsburg, VA).