Family Record

Textiles

c. 1819

Harriot Augusta Raymond (American, 1808-1887)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States

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Department: Textiles

Artist: Harriot A. Raymond
Title: Family Record
Place: Boston (Object made in:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1809–1829
Medium: Linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool and silk in cross stitches
Inscriptions: FAMILY RECORD / Isaac Raymond born December 13th 1776 / Charity Sawyer born December 24th 1779 died Marc[h] / Married January [January 9] 1804 / Left Column: Births George H Raymond born Sept 16, 1804 / Harriet* A R[aymond born June 3] 1808 / S[usan] A. [Raymond born Feb. 2] 1812/ Mar[y Elizabeth born Nov 6, 1815] / Se[***] _______________________________ Wrought by Harriet* A Raymond / aged 11 years Right Column: Deaths [George H] Raymond died **** Peace to his gentle shade his soul is free / Eased from the pains of sad mortality / Crown'd with innocence by virtue blest / For earth to good he flew to heaven for rest / Ceas(e) then fond parents check the pensive sigh / The child of innocence will never die
Dimensions: 44.1 × 42.2 cm (17 3/8 × 16 5/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Sarah E. Raymond Fitzwilliam
Reference Number: 1917.289
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Art Institute of Chicago, Department of American Arts, Gallery 166, Jan. 7-June 9, 2000.

Harriot A. Raymond (1808-1887), Boston; by descent through the family to Sarah E. Raymond Fitzwilliam, Bloomington, IL [donor’s grandfather, Johnathan Raymond (1768-1823) was the brother of the maker’s father, Isaac Raymond (1776-1834) whose birth and marriage are recorded on this Family Record; research in curatorial object file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1917.

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