Andromache Weeping over the Ashes of Hector
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Date
ca. 1825
Description
Silk, watercolor, ink. Attributed to Anna Charlotte Dering (1811–1905). Anna Charlotte Dering was the eighth child and youngest daughter of Anna Fosdick (1769–1825) and Henry Packer Dering (1763–1822) of Sag Harbor. While in attendance at the Litchfield Female School in Connecticut, she stitched this needlework picture depicting a well-known scene from Homer’s Iliad, which she copied directly from a popular late eighteenth-century print. The Litchfield Academy was founded in 1792 and known for its advanced education. Its students learned everything from art, history, music, and geography to grammar, chemistry, and needlework. American writers and thinkers of the time advocated for the improvement of female education, arguing that since women had the earliest and greatest influence on children, daughters should be taught to uphold the democratic ideals of the young republic so that they may pass them on to future generations.
Type
Artifact
Image
Region
Long Island
Era
Revolution and New Nation
Topic
Education, Women
Repository
Identifier
2022.3.1
Source
Preservation Long Island
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