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Monthly Archives: May 2018
Under the Willow Tree: A Schoolgirl Mourning Embroidery
A hauntingly beautiful schoolgirl memorial in Bartow-Pell’s collection has perplexed staff, volunteers, visitors, scholars, and even paranormal investigators for many years. Now, new research has solved some of the mystery. Gilt lettering on églomisé glass tells us that this silk-on-silk … Continue reading →
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Tagged Abigail and Timothy Walker, Abigail Walker Armstrong, Andromache, Charlestown Academy, Charlestown Massachusetts, Christian symbols in schoolgirl needlework, Classicism in schoolgirl needlework, Death of George Washington, Dr. William Johnson Walker, Female Academies, Hannah Spofford, Hector and Andromache, Hope and anchor, Iconography in schoolgirl art, Mourning embroideries, Mourning in early 19th-century America, Needlework pictures in New England, Rev. Jedidiah Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel Turell Armstrong, Schoolgirl embroideries, Schoolgirl embroideries in New England, Schoolgirl needlework, Schoolgirl needlework memorials in early 19th century, Timothy Walker, Weeping willow
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The Pleasures of Imagination: R. & W. A. Bartow and the Book Trade in Early 19th-Century New York
Imagine this: you open the door of a small New York City bookseller and publisher on Pearl Street in the 1820s and are greeted by the smell of new leather bindings and fresh printer’s ink. Outside, nearby Franklin Square hums … Continue reading →
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Tagged 19th-century book publishers in Richmond Virginia, Asher B. Durand, Book production in 19th-century America, Book publishing in 19th-century New York, Book trade in 19th-century America, Bookselling in 19th-century New York, British literature in 19th-century America, British reprint trade in early New York, Franklin Square New York City, James Eastburn, Literary Rooms, Mark Akenside, New-York Atheneum, R. & W. A. Bartow, Subscription libraries in early New York, Thomas Moore The Loves of the Angels
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