Memoir of Robert Troup Paine
By: by his parents
Edition: Folio ed.
Series: Collections of the Harvard University Archives
Published: 1852
Language: eng
Subjects: Harvard College (1780- ). Class of 1851
Description: In addition to the contents of the publised volume, this folio contains Robert Troup Paine's holograph compositions, his silhouette taken at the age of seven, an allegorical watercolor painted by Mary Ann Paine (Robert's mother), pressed flowers from which the allegorical painting was taken, certificates and diplomas awarded to Dr. Martyn Paine, and two portraits of Dr. Paine. The inside back cover is inlaid with a lock of hair, a daguerreotype of R.T. Paine and a daguerreotype of the Paine family (Dr. Paine, Mary Anne Paine, and Robert Troup Paine).
Notes: "This folio edition of one copy has been printed from a quarto edition, for the preservation of the original allegorical painting in the Library of Harvard University."

Robet Troup Paine, due to receive his Harvard AB 1851, committed suicide. His parents, of whom he was the only child, expressed their grief in in a very Victorian style, in the form of a memorial volume which was privately printed. The privately printed copies were presented to many of Paine's classmates. The folio volume, of which only one copy exists, was presented to the Harvard University library for the sake of preserving the originals of some of the documents and artefacts that went into compiling the volume.