Mourning Picture in Memory of Desire Cushing Plymouth County, Massachusetts, c. 1820 Framed watercolor picture with monument inscribed 'In memory of Mrs. DESIRE, Wife of Mr. TIMOTHY CUSHING, who died Oct 10, 1820. Aged 79 years'; the backboard inscribed 'Aunt Jennie Tivnin to H.S. Cushing 7/4/1925', framed 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. Footnotes: Provenance Christie's, New York, 20 January 2023, Lot 465. Christie's, New York, 21-22 January 2021, Lot 338. The Siegmund Collection, New York. Nathan Liverant & Son, Colchester, Connecticut, July 1987. Lawrence Estate, Fitchburg, Massachusetts. To Herman Sampson Cushing (1878-1968) of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, from his aunt Jennie Wellington Cushing Tivnin (1851-1933), 4 July 1925. Note Desire Jenkins Cushing (c. 1740-1810) was born in Scituate, Massachusetts, and married carpenter-farmer Timothy Cushing of Hingham on 4 June 1765. She is buried in Hingham's High Street Cemetery. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing