Wheeler, Catharine Mary

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Maker
Wheeler, Catharine Mary
Date made
1825
Origin
NJ or PA (?) US
Stitches
Chain, Cross, Eyelet (round), fly, knots (fuzzy), lazy daisy, Outline, Queen, queen (half), Satin (random and encroaching), Spot stitches (random), Straight
In Bolton & Co.
No
Foundation Cloth
Linen
Embroidery Thread
Silk
Predominent Motif
In the top center a large white bird with arrows in its talons and leaves in its beak flies over a swag of flowers. A small wooded scene with a tree, deer and birds on both side. In the bottom half a two-story house with two chimneys and 5 shuttered windows flanked by trees, birds, and baskets of flowers. The house sits on a lawn depicting a pastoral scene of roosters, hens, chicks, sheep, flowers, and two human figures with faces detailed in ink. An arcaded border of flowers up both sides and across the top.
Inscription
See youth and beauty bloom one transient hour / But age leaves not one flat[t]ering trace behind / But there is one charm over which time has no Poser / The beauty of a cultivated mind/ Haste then dear youth and make this charm thine own / See meek religion points you out the way / Give her thy hand and she will lead thee on / Where virtue blooms in eternal day. (At the bottom): Wrought by Catherine Mary Wheeler in the 13th years of her age. Jane Keys Instructress of Brunswick School, 1825 //
Length Without Frame
23 3/4"
Length With Frame
25 1/4"
Width Without Frame
26"
Wdith With Frame
27 3/4"
Historical Owner
#1958.608.1 Museum purchase
Owner
Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA
Owner Private
Colonial Williamsburg
Name of School
Brunswick School NJ or PA (?)