Mourning Locket1793–18132 1/2 × 1 3/4"Watercolor on ivory, gold bezel, human hairMuseum purchase1981.12.280Standing full-length figure of woman in long high-waisted Empire gown. Right arm raised to bosom, left arm hanging at side. Standing before classical urn on tomb with inscription. In sepia-toned landscape with weeping willow tree to (P) right side of figure,152272101Samuel FolwellJewelryThe American Folk Art Museum believes this work to be in the public domain.Inscribed, back: MR with lock of brown hair. Painted tombstone, face of locket inscribed: In Memory of Andrew Kennedy."http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster21759PhiladelphiaPhiladelphiaUnited StatesPennsylvaniaPaintingsPhiladelphiaMINIATUREThis locket is attributed to Samuel Folwell, a miniaturist, hairworker, silhouettist, engraver and art teacher who established an art school in Philadelphia with his wife in 1793. A possible link with the subject of this memorial miniature, Andrew Kennedy has been established. In 1789, Folwell joined the Philadelphia militia as an ensign in Captain Andrew Kennedy's Eighth Company First Battalion of Philadelphia.PAINTINGhttp://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster21759http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster21759http://nodes.emuseum.com/BU1BGBAG/apis/emuseum/network/v1/vocabularies/termMaster2175917931813 1981 12 28 MINIATUREThis locket is attributed to Samuel Folwell, a miniaturist, hairworker, silhouettist, engraver and art teacher who established an art school in Philadelphia with his wife in 1793. A possible link with the subject of this memorial miniature, Andrew Kennedy has been established. In 1789, Folwell joined the Philadelphia militia as an ensign in Captain Andrew Kennedy's Eighth Company First Battalion of Philadelphia.PAINTING