Object Number 1960.0327.004 A

Object Name

Watercolor (Mourning picture)

Title

Sacred/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ FIVE INFANTS.

Category

Works on Paper

Credit Line/Donor

Museum purchase with funds provided by Henry Francis du Pont

Creator (Role)

Fanny Whitney (Artist)
January 6, 1803-1842
Fanny Whitney, of Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, was born on January 6, in 1803. She is the daughter of William Clark Whitney (1765-1859) and Sophia (Fuller) Whitney (1779-1813). Her father was a prominent land owner in Hebron, Maine. Fanny made this genealogy sampler in 1822. It is made from silk, chenille, pencil, and paint on linen. Winterthur also owns a watercolor mourning picture by her. Fanny married Stephen Cummings (1803-1843) in Hebron, Maine on December 17, 1824.

Place of Origin

Hebron, Oxford, Maine, New England, United States, North America

Origin Notes

Previously catalogued as Portland, but it the Whitney family lived in Hebron.

Date

1822

Mark or Signature or Inscription or Label

1. Inscription; Center below painting on glass, 60.327b; By Fanny Whitney. 1822

Subjects

Mourning imagery

Materials

Watercolor; Paper

Techniques

Painted, Letterpress

Dimensions (inches)

19.9 (H) , 24.6 (W) , 17.75 (Image H) , 24.6 (Image W)

Dimensions (centimeters)

50.5 (H) , 62.6 (W) , 17.75 (Image H) , 24.6 (Image W)

Measurement Notes

H at left. W at bottom.

Watermark

none

Coloring

Hand colored with transparent and opaque watercolors

Object Description

Text available soon.

Bibliography and Bibliographic Notes

[Article] Ring, Betty. 09//1988 Samplers and Silk Embroideries of Portland, Maine. Antiques. 512-525.
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