Adams Family Record: Births and Marriage of Cornelius and Rebecca Adams
Probably Massachusetts, ca. 1804.
Inscribed on verso: This Record is drawn for 10-12 glas
I have been long enough about it, but every thing comes in
The right time excepting Old Maid wedding days and seasonable
rains, For it is very dry at this time June 20th [signed] T Prince.
Watercolor and ink on paper
13 3/4″ x 11 3/4″ framed
Condition: Evenly toned, minor staining, upper left corner missing, lower right corner restored. Original frame and backboards.
An iconographical masterpiece depicting an American eagle with a banner reading, “We are one” symbolizing the birth of our new nation at the beginning of the new Federation.