Made by Sally Miller / Mourning picture / ca. 1811

Made by Sally Miller
Mourning picture
ca. 1811
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Creator Name: Miller, Sally
Creator Role: Maker
Creator Name-CRT: Made by Sally Miller
Title: Mourning picture
Title Type: Object name
View: Full View
Creation Start Date: 1809
Creation End Date: 1813
Creation Date: ca. 1811
Object Type: Drawings and Watercolors
Materials and Techniques: Silk with watercolor and ink
Dimensions: 28 x 32 3/8 in. (71.12 x 82.23 cm)
AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 48.81
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1948
Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/
Context:

The Litchfield Female Academy (1792-1833), where this picture was made, was one of the few schools that provided both academic and ornamental educations for young American women. Parents sent their girls to Litchfield expecting them to return home knowing English grammar, arithmetic, history, geography, and religion. But any ladies' academy, no matter how progressive, was still expected to provide instruction in needlework, music, and painting. This painted silk mourning picture is one of eight known from the Litchfield Female Academy. All are almost identical in size, composition, images, and coloring. The painted faces in all eight appear to be by one artist, possibly Flora Catlin, an art teacher at the school from 1815 to 1831.

AMICA ID: MMA_.48.81
AMICA Library Year: 2000
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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