Unknown, memorial to Charles G. Stuart, n.d.. #SA000190

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Unknown, memorial to Charles G. Stuart, n.d.

Sampler Archive ID:	SA000190
Maker:	Unknown
Maker Birthplace:	Unknown
Maker Age:	years
Place Made:
Year Made:	after 1813
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	DAR Museum
Accession Number:	87.21
Contributor:	DAR Museum

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Embroidered Picture or Scene

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

16.50 H x 22.50 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

18.50 H x 25.00 W (inches)

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

None

Enclosures:

Wreath, Frame, All enclosed texts are part of the grave monument depicted in the scene.
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Date, Memorial, Inscriptions on grave marker

Text medium:

Printed

Click to View Text Transcription:

SACRED
to the
Memory of
CHARLES G STUART
who died
March 10 1813
Aged 26

Ever In
Peace

The End of all His
       years
THE START of all My TEARS

Motifs/Symbols:

Animals, Architectural, Birds and insects, Floral and plant, Human figure, Human made object

Scenes/Pictures:

Landscape, Mourning or memorial

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: Clean
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Black, Blue, Brown, Green, Red, Tan

Thread Condition:

Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

Ink, Other, Penciled in designs

Stitch Types:

Knotted, Long and short, Satin, Stem, Straight, Seed stitch

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	Unknown
Birthdate:
Birth Location:	City: unknown County: unknown State: unknown
Death Date:
Death Location:	unknown
Religion:
Parents:	Mother:	Birth:	Death:
	Father:	Birth:	Death:
Marriages:

Children:

Object History

Previous Owners:	Name: Heritage Plantation of Sandwich Maine Relation to maker: none Name: Herbert Waide Hemphill Jr. Relation to maker: none Name: John Bihler and Henry Cover Relation to maker: uncertain Name: John C. Newcomer Relation to maker: none/dealer
Conservation:	Conservator: Cynthia Gompert Date: 1992 Actions: removed from frame, stabilized, repaired, mounted on acid-free board, reframed
Exhibitions:	Title: Recent Accessions Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Apr., 1987 Title: Youth is the Time for Progress: The Importance of American Schoolgirl Art, 1780-1860 Host: DAR Museum Location: Washington, D.C. Date: Dec. 5, 1997 – May 4, 1998
Literature:	Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Title: Learning is an Ornament: Schoolgirl Art and Education 1770 - 1850 Publication/Publisher: Piecework Magazine Date: Sep. 1, 2004 Author(s): Olive Blair Graffam Title: Olive Blair Graffam Publication/Publisher: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Date: 1998

Object Details