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Mourning Marietta: A Family Story in Portraiture
Mary Jane and Daniel T. MacFarlan sat for this large double portrait about three years after the death of their young daughter Marietta. What is the story behind this handsome couple? And what can the portrait tell us about mourning … Continue reading →
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Tagged 19th-century mourning customs, American portraits, Childhood mortality in the 19th century, Daniel T. MacFarlan, Mary Jane Merritt MacFarlan, Meaning of flowers, Mourning iconography, Mourning in 19th-century America, Mourning jewelry, Mourning portraits, Posthumous portraits, Symbolism in mourning portraiture, Thomas E. Pine, Yonkers New York
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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, Childhood mortality in the 19th century, 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, Symbolism in mourning portraiture, Timothy Walker, Weeping willow
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