Maria E. Walter
Mourning Embroidery Dedicated to John A.W. Walter
1840
Physical Qualities
Silk ground, silk chenille embroidery threads, gouache, linen lining, 18 1/2 x 25 1/2 in. (47 x 64.8 cm.)
Credit Line
Decorative Arts Fund
Object Number
1957.33
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1957; Ms. Nellie M. Parker.
Anita Jones, Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Jean and Allan Berman Textile Gallery, "'The Accomplished Stitch: American Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection," May 11- July 20, 1997, printed checklist no. 22.
Anita Jones, Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Jean and Allan Berman Textile Gallery, "Mournful Maidens: Love and Loss in American Embroidery," (September 9, 2009-February 21, 2010), no catalog.
Anita Jones, Baltimore, The Baltimore Museum of Art, Jean and Allan Berman Textile Gallery, "Mournful Maidens: Love and Loss in American Embroidery," (September 9, 2009-February 21, 2010), no catalog.
Inscribed: Printed in gold letters on eglomise mat: 'Maria E. Walter'; Printed in ink or paint on memorial in picture: 'To the Memory/ of / a beloved Brother./ John A. W. Walter./ Who died in New Orlea[ns]/ Sept. 24/ 1841/ Aged 25'; Written in black ink on linen (?) canvas of backing at left center of stretcher: 'Baltimore [in script] 44 R[?]/H[?] 4444 [Note that the inscription is difficult to read and another translation is possible. According to frame conservator Jim Brewster the 'R' and 'H' could refer to 'round and hollow' indicating that this inscription was made by the framer.]
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