painting - watercolor

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Title

painting - watercolor

Description

Colorful watercolor painting of the Sacred Heart, with text "This is the place of my repose: here will I rest, for I have chosen it" written below. On white paper with raised decorative rose border. Made by Sr. Teresa Augusta McSoarley, SL (c. 1808 or 1810-1864).

Sr. Teresa Augusta was born in Baltimore, MD, with the birth name Mary Ann McSoarley. With her two elder sisters, she joined the group of about half a dozen girls and young women who traveled from the East Coast to Kentucky with Fr. Nerinckx in 1822. Due to her young age, she was a student at Little Loretto for several years until she could officially join the Loretto Novitiate. We do not have a full record of her assignments as a Sister, but she was assigned to Bethlehem Academy in Perry County, MO, in 1836, and her correspondence places her at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Ste. Genevieve, MO, between 1842 and 1857. She passed away at the Motherhouse in August 1864.

Creator

Sr. Teresa Augusta McSoarley

Date

1830s-1860s

Format

7 7/8" x 9.75"

Type

Paintings

Identifier

2023.000.011a

Files

2023.000.011a.jpg

Citation

Sr. Teresa Augusta McSoarley, “painting - watercolor,” Loretto Heritage Center Artifacts, accessed May 18, 2024, https://lorettoheritagecenter.omeka.net/items/show/2329.