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ALWAYS INTERESTED IN PURCHASING FINE NEEDLEWORK Forty Ferry Road Old Saybrook, Connecticut 06475 Tel: 860.388.6809 www.AntiqueSamplers.com Hubers@AntiqueSamplers.com Eliza stitched this silk embroidered memorial depicting herself by a monument dedicated to her older sister Mary who died at the age of 21. Inscribed: “IN Memory/ of/ Mary Whittemore/ obit Jan 28th/ 1803/ Wrought by her sister/ Eliza Whittemore”. Eliza (1791–1860) and Mary (1781–1803) were two of six children born to Nathan Whittemore (1757–1825) and Mehitable Carter of Charlestown, MA. Eliza married Captain John Harris in 1818. ey resided in Charlestown and had four children. Silk and watercolor on silk; 26½" x 30" with original elaborate frame. ELIZABETHWHITTEMORE Charlestown, MA, c. 1803 ✷ 44 ✷ BOOTH ✷ 51 ✷