Saturday, August 29, 2009

An amazing painting of a woman dying in childbirth

Dying Mother
This is one of the most interesting paintings I've ever seen because of what it tells, the story of a young mother dying in childbirth.
The painting is one of a gallery of paintings that can be seen at the Campus Martius Museum in Marietta, Ohio.
Marietta was the first legally authorized town to be located in Ohio. The first settlers arrived there on April 7, 1788. More on the town later, but let it be known that most of those who arrived in 1788 had been soldiers in the American Revolution, and they named their town Marietta in honor of the French Queen Marie Antoinette because of her support of the Americans in their revolution.
A lot more can be said about all of that, but for the time appreciate all that you can see in this painting.

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