The New Hampshire Antiques Show 2017
A Rare New Hampshire Schoolgirl Drawing- Price Upon Request
A Rare New Hampshire Schoolgirl Drawing Signed "Hannah P. Badger 1811 & 12". Watercolor and pencil on paper depicting an interior scene where Hannah Pearson Cogswell Badger (1791-1869) and her sister Julia are instructing a female class at The Atkinson Academy in Atkinson, New Hampshire. The Academy, one of the oldest surviving co-educational schools in the U.S. was founded in 1787 as a school for boys and began admitting females in 1791. Hannah and Julia are seated in Windsor chairs surrounded by their students, books and a globe in an elegant classroom beautifully appointed with floor to ceiling windows, billowy curtains, walls with moldings and a stenciled border and an amazing colorfully painted floor cloth. 10 7/8 in x 15 in sight size 16 in x 19½ in framed. This is truly a masterwork of schoolgirl art giving us a glimpse into the schooling and importance of female education in America's history. Exhibited: The Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York. "The Instruction of Young Ladies: Arts From Private Girls' Schools and Academies in Early America," Oct 1 - Dec 31, 2016. Published: The Instruction of Young Ladies By Robert Shaw and Jane Katcher, Pgs. 36 & 58 Frank & Barbara Pollack Highland Park, IL 847-433-2213 barbarapollack@comcast.net
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