Tag Archives: Female Academies

Under the Willow Tree: A Schoolgirl Mourning Embroidery

Posted on May 29, 2018 by mansionmusings

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 →

Posted in Mansion Musings | 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 | 1 Comment

Bluestockings and Blue Bloods: The Pelham Priory School for Young Ladies

Posted on October 5, 2016 by mansionmusings

The girls came from all over. They were daughters of the nation’s elite, of people such as Robert E. Lee and Lincoln’s former Secretary of War Edwin Stanton. They were Lorillards, Lefferts, and maybe even Bartows. In the nineteenth century, … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged Bolton Priory, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, Female Academies, Henrietta Temple, Margaret Deland, Minny Temple, Mrs. Richard S. Greenough, Nanette Bolton, Pelham Priory, Robert Bolton, Rosina Emmet Sherwood, Sarah Dana Loring, Women's Education | 6 Comments

A Mansion Favorite Returns Home: Abigail Walker Needlework Mourning Picture

Posted on April 29, 2011 by mansionmusings

A weeping willow tree shelters two lovely young women in a garden at the mansion this spring, and one would never know that these beautiful creatures, stitched in silk with exquisitely painted faces, are over two hundred years old. Thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in Mansion Musings | Tagged Abigail Walker, Abigail Walker Armstrong, Female Academies, Schoolgirl embroideries, Schoolgirl embroideries in New England, Schoolgirl needlework, Schoolgirl needlework memorials in early 19th century, Textile conservation | 2 Comments

Tag Archives: Female Academies

Under the Willow Tree: A Schoolgirl Mourning Embroidery

Bluestockings and Blue Bloods: The Pelham Priory School for Young Ladies

A Mansion Favorite Returns Home: Abigail Walker Needlework Mourning Picture

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