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THBWINCHESTER / FREDERICK CO., VIRGINIA NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS, SET OF TWO
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LiveNov 21, 2025
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WINCHESTER / FREDERICK CO., VIRGINIA NEEDLEWORK SAMPLERS, SET OF TWO, silk on linen, each completed by Catherine Ann Beatty; comprising a smaller marking sampler with five alphabet rows segmented by horizontal bands of decorative stitching, bottom row signed "Catherine Ann / Beatty her fampler", all bordered by a linear frame; and a larger example with seven alphabet and numeral rows, below with a two-line verse of "Virtue's the chiefeft beauty of the / mind the nobleft ornament of human kind" and a large floral motif vine including a six-petal flower, bottom also signed "Catherine Ann Beatty her Sampler / Worked in the nineth Year of her age", all rows segmented by horizontal bands of decorative stitching with some being similar designs to the marking sampler, encompassed by a scrolling strawberry or floral border with sprig motifs to the corners. Both housed under UV glass in matching modern frames, small example with attached photocopied photograph presumably of the maker though unidentified, larger with attached small handwritten cut-out label of Catherine Ann[e] Beatty family tree featuring descendants, probably cut from old backing paper before sampler was re-framed. Circa 1815. Smaller 7" x 9 1/4" sight, 13" x 15 1/2" OA; larger 17" x 16" sight, 23 5/8" x 23" OA.
Literature: For samplers with similar elements such as the six-petal flower motif, alphabet styles, and horizontal bands, see Robare - When This You See Remember Me..., Schoolgirl Samplers of Winchester and Frederick County, Virginia, p. 17, 1813 sampler by Sarah N. Brown; p. 18, 1830 sampler by Susan O. Grant; p. 19, 1824 sampler by Rebecca Ann Miller; and p. 20, 1809 sampler by Maria Barton Miller, which also features the verse on virtue. For mention of the six-petal flower, see ibid., p. 9.
Catalogue Note: As identified in the handwritten label on the back of the larger sampler, Catherine [Catharine / Katherine] Ann Beatty was born in 1804 to parents Col. Henry Beatty (1760-1840) and Sarah Henning (1763-1824) of Winchester / Frederick Co., VA. Catherine married John Wilson (b.c. 1797) some time before 1827 and had at least four children, Sarah C., John B., Henry Beatty, and James R. The family is listed under dwelling no. 1129, family no. 1136 in the 1850 U.S. Census for Winchester, VA. Not much other information is currently available for Catherine and her husband, but their three surviving children moved away to Maryland and to Illinois. The label notes Catherine's death date as November 11, 1873, and she is buried along with much of her family at Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, VA.Condition
Both in very good to excellent visual condition except for some toning and a few stains to linen grounds, some thread with typical fugitive color; small sampler with a few spots of wool, or other, thread in the "at" of "Beatty", probably being as made or possibly being replaced stitching; larger with possibly a few small losses to thread, bottom proper right corner with a small hole or flaw to linen; frames with minor wear. Not examined out of frames.
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