Fanny Whitney, 1822. #SA000230

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Fanny Whitney, 1822

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000230
Maker:	Fanny Whitney
Maker Birthplace:	Hebron, Oxford County, Maine
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:	Portland, Cumberland County, Maine
School/Teacher:	Attributed to the Misses Mayo School (Ring, 1993)
Year Made:	1822
Decade Made:	1820-1829
Owner:	Winterthur Museum
Accession Number:	1960.0327.003
Object Credit:	Museum purchase
Contributor:	Winterthur Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler, Family Record or Register

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Tall rectangle

Object Dimensions:

H x W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

23.00 H x 19.60 W (inches)

Borders:

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouches: No

Text types:

Personal name, Date, Maker signature, Family genealogy

Text medium:

Stitched Printed

Click to View Text Transcription:

GENEALOGY.
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William C. Whitney and Sophiah Fuller Were Married in Hebron March 23 1799. 
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William C. Whitney and Deborah Patch Were Marri'd in Otisfield Dec 6 1815.

PROGENY.
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Mary C. Whitney born March 7 1800.
Harriet Whitney born April 9 1801.
Fanny Whitney born Jan 6 1803.
Sophiah F. Whitney born Oct 10 1806.
William C. Whitney born Nov 21 1809.
Jane F. Whitney born Oct 25 1812.
George P. Whitney born Aug 13 1819.
Sarah P. Whitney born March 24 1822.
Deborah P. Whitney born March 24 1822.

Mary C. Whitney died August 25 1801.
Deborah P. Whitney died March 27 1822.
Sarah P. Whitney died April 8 1822.

By Fanny Whitney 1822

Motifs/Symbols:

Floral and plant, Human made object, Religious

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Linen

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk Chenille

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, White, Yellow

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

Paint, Other, pencil (winged cherub)

Stitch Types:

Cross, Eyelet, Running, Satin

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	object, Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
Birthdate:	object, Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
Birth Location:	Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900 County: Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900 State Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900
Death Date:	tombstone
Death Location:	cemetery records
Religion:	Uncertain
Parents:	Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922	Maine, Birth Records, 1621-1922	object
	object, Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988	Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988	ancestry.com family trees
Marriages:
	Spouse: Maine, Marriages, 1771-1907	Birth: tombstone	Death: tombstone
	Date: c. 1823	Place: Maine

Children:

William Clark Whitney Cummings	Birth: Mar. 2, 1824	Death: 1884
Sumner Cummings	Birth: Apr. 10, 1828	Death: 1853
Frances Ellen Cummings	Birth: Jan. 19, 1830	Death:
Stephen Henry Cummings	Birth: Jan. 1831	Death: 1910
Charles Bradley Cummings	Birth: Dec. 18, 1834	Death: Jan. 20, 1899
John M. Cummings	Birth: Oct. 15, 1840	Death:
Harriet Cushman Cummings	Birth: 1842	Death:

Previous Owners:
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): Betty Ring Title: Girlhood Embroidery: American Samplers & Pictorial Needlework 1650-1800, Vol. I Publication/Publisher: A. A. Knopf, pp. 249-257 Date: 1993 Author(s): Betty Ring Title: Samplers and Silk Embroideries of Portland, Maine Publication/Publisher: The Magazine Antiques, 134, pp. 492, 512-525 Date: 1988

Object Details