Antonia Castillo

Cadiz Free School of The Royal Society
under the direction of Doña Joaquina Sanchez
Spain, 1829

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sampler size: 15¼” x 12” • framed size: 18” x 14¾” • price: $3900

Fine sampler made at the Free School of The Royal Society under the direction of Mrs. Joaquina Sanchez, Cadiz, March 1829. A large format book, Samplers, by Susan Mayor & Diana Fowle, features this sampler as figure 29. A copy of this book, seen below, accompanies the sampler. 

This sampler, along with 11 others, is discussed in a recent essay, Samplers from Spain: An Introduction by Dr. Lynne Anderson, Founder and Director of the Sampler Consortium and Director of the Sampler Archive Project, which can be read here.



Inscription:

Lo hizo Antonia Castillo en La Escuela Gratuita de la Real Sociedad siendo la Directora Doña Joaquina Sánchez Cadiz Marzo Año de 1829.
 

Translation:

Made by Antonia Castillo at the Free School of The Royal Society under the Director Doña Joaquina Sánchez, Cadiz, March Year of 1829.


The sampler is in excellent condition. It has been conservation mounted and is in a molded and black painted frame. 

 

 

 


photo of reverse
 

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