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Memorial to Louisa and Hannah ClemansChloe Clark Simpson Davis (1817-57), Dudley, Massachusetts, 1834
19 August 2025, 12:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsUS$3,000 - US$5,000
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Memorial to Louisa and Hannah Clemans
Chloe Clark Simpson Davis (1817-57), Dudley, Massachusetts, 1834
signed "Painted by Chloe C. Simpson & presented to ... Chester Clemans in testimony of affection, Dudley, March 10 1834"
watercolor and ink on paper, in later glazed giltwood frame
sight 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
framed 17 5/8 x 21 3/8 in.
This watercolor memorial picture is unusual for showing a solitary man in mourning. It is also unusual that the artist, Chloe Simpson, was not directly related to the Clemans family – these images are most often created by the wives, mothers, and daughters of the deceased.
Louisa P. Curtis (c. 1802-30) married Chester Clemans (1800-56) in Dudley, Massachusetts, on 17 May 1829. She died less than two years later, a mere two months after the death of their only child, Hannah. Chester did not remarry, but their names are absent from his own tomb at Mount Zion Cemetery in Webester, Massachusetts, where he died in 1857.
signed "Painted by Chloe C. Simpson & presented to ... Chester Clemans in testimony of affection, Dudley, March 10 1834"
watercolor and ink on paper, in later glazed giltwood frame
sight 13 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.
framed 17 5/8 x 21 3/8 in.
This watercolor memorial picture is unusual for showing a solitary man in mourning. It is also unusual that the artist, Chloe Simpson, was not directly related to the Clemans family – these images are most often created by the wives, mothers, and daughters of the deceased.
Louisa P. Curtis (c. 1802-30) married Chester Clemans (1800-56) in Dudley, Massachusetts, on 17 May 1829. She died less than two years later, a mere two months after the death of their only child, Hannah. Chester did not remarry, but their names are absent from his own tomb at Mount Zion Cemetery in Webester, Massachusetts, where he died in 1857.
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Scott Bassoff/Sandy Jacobs, Rindge, New Hampshire.