Fine and Rare Embroidered and Painted Silk Mourning Picture: Sacred to the Memory of Caleb Torrey, Nancy Torrey, Abby Wright's School, South Hadley, Massachusetts, Dated 1809

Elegant and charming, worked in silk, with ink on paper; inscribed on the glass.

American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring at the Museum of American Folk Art (p. 77, fig. 126)

Some fading; restoration to color in the sky; in what appears to be the original frame with replaced brown glass mat; crack l.l.
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Nancy Torrey was the oldest of four children born to Caleb Torrey and Mary Miller (1773-1855).  She married cotton manufacturer Jarvis Deane and they had at least two children. (Additional information provided by Carol and Stephen Huber).