Memorial Embroidery by Mary Ann Huntington and Alza Huntington
Object ID:
Mary Ann and Alza Huntington
Category:
Made by Students
Medium:
Silk, ink and watercolor on silk
Creator:
Mary Ann Huntington and Alza Huntington
Date:
1805
Held at:
Stephen and Carol Huber
Size:
20 ½ x 17 ½ inches framed
Description:
This memorial embroidery was begun by Mary Ann Huntington and finished by her younger sister Alza Huntington after Mary Ann died in May of 1805. The inscription at the top of the memorial picture reads "This piece of Embroidery was begun by Mary Ann/ Huntington who died 21st May 1805 in the 16th year/ of her age and finished by her sister Alza to commemorate/ the memory of the deceased."
The inscription on the gravestone reads "HER Hand first drew these blooming flowers, Which now her silent Tomb adorn; Pass yet a few more fleeting Hours, Some fleeting Hand may deck my Urn."
Mary Ann and Alza were the youngest of Daniel and Sibyl (Tomlinson) Huntington’s nine children, all born in Woodbury, CT. The memorial embroidery provides the only link between the two sisters and their possible attendence at the Litchfield Female Academy.
The inscription on the gravestone reads "HER Hand first drew these blooming flowers, Which now her silent Tomb adorn; Pass yet a few more fleeting Hours, Some fleeting Hand may deck my Urn."
Mary Ann and Alza were the youngest of Daniel and Sibyl (Tomlinson) Huntington’s nine children, all born in Woodbury, CT. The memorial embroidery provides the only link between the two sisters and their possible attendence at the Litchfield Female Academy.
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