Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833 [electronic resource] : being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and her Litchfield school . ected to bringhome to her admiring parents some evidence of proficiency in herstudies. Those who could, exhibited elaborate water color drawingswhich have hung ever since on the walls of Farmington less gifted were advised to paint their family coat of arms, and,if they had never heard of any, they soon learned how all this could beremedied without any correspondence with the Heralds College. OneNathan Ruggles who advertised in the Connecti
Chronicles of a pioneer school from 1792 to 1833 [electronic resource] : being the history of Miss Sarah Pierce and her Litchfield school . ected to bringhome to her admiring parents some evidence of proficiency in herstudies. Those who could, exhibited elaborate water color drawingswhich have hung ever since on the walls of Farmington less gifted were advised to paint their family coat of arms, and,if they had never heard of any, they soon learned how all this could beremedied without any correspondence with the Heralds College. OneNathan Ruggles who advertised in the Connecticut Courant at hisLooking Glass and Picture Store, Main Street, opposite the StateHouse, city of Hartford, had somehow come in possession of thehuge volume of Edmonsons Complete Body of Heraldry, and allowedanyone to select from its vast assortment of heraldic monsters, Gor-gons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire, such as suited her taste. Hissole charge was the promise of being emploj^ed to frame the valuablework when done. I have seen several of these devices which werebrought home from Litchfield, some done in water colors and some in. Pl. XLTX. —Old Costumi; iiu)M U.)\, ai;.>i t 1825
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