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Published by the Florence Griswold Museum 96 Lyme Street Old Lyme, CT 06371 www.FlorenceGriswoldMuseum.org In association with Wesleyan University Press Middletown CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress Copyright © 2011 by the Board of Trustees of the Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut. All rights reserved. Manufactured in China Designed by Katherine B. Kimball Typeset in Filosofia and Scala Sans by Passumpsic Publishing With Needle and Brush: Schoolgirl Embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, 1740–1840 has been made possible through the generous support of the Coby Foundation, Ltd., the Connecticut Humanities Council, the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism, Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund, and several private donors. Unless otherwise specified, all images are courtesy of Stephen and Carol Huber. Other images courtesy of Paul Mutino (plates 9, 10, 11, 15, 22, 24, 26, 33, 35, 39, 43, 51, 54, 56, 57, 59, 67, 68); Historic Deerfield (photo by Penny Leveritt, plates 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 38, 41, 61, 64; photo by Amanda Merullo, plates 52, 53, 65); and private collections (plates 23, 25, 70, 71). Frontispiece: Eliza Maria Ely, Memorial, 1807 (detail). Plate 61. Title page: Mary Lockwood, Canvaswork with house, ca. 1745 (detail). Plate 28. Page vi: Polly Jennings, Pastoral scene, 1793. Plate 33 (detail). Page viii: Harriet Wells, “Jepthah Laments His Rash Vow,” ca. 1812. Plate 47. Page x: Mary Ann Newell, “Maria at Moulines,” ca. 1809. Plate 35. 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data With needle and brush : schoolgirl embroidery from the Connecticut River Valley, 1740–1840 / Carol and Stephen Huber, Susan P. Schoelwer, and Amy Kurtz Lansing. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-9830532-0-0 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-9830532-1-7 (pbk. : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8195-7229-5 (e-book) 1. Embroidery—Connecticut River Valley—History—18th century. 2. Embroidery—Connecticut River Valley—History—19th century. 3. Girls— Education—Connecticut River Valley—History—18th century. 4. Girls—Education —Connecticut River Valley—History—19th century. I. Huber, Carol. II. Florence Griswold Museum. nk9212.w57 2011 746.4409746—dc22 2011011692 ...

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