Object number1997.7.25
Sampler
Date1733
Artist
Elizabeth Thompson
(English)
CultureEnglish
MediumSilk on Linen
DimensionsSight: 10 1/4 x 18 1/4 in. (26.04 x 46.36 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections, Martha Clawson Reed Collection
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
Signed Elizabeth Tompson
InscribedLord Give Me Wisdom To Direct My/ Ways I Beeg Not Riches Nor Yet /Length Of Days/ Remember Man Thou Art Born To Die / And With Death To Live Eternally/ Lord In The Faith Make Me So Deeply Ground/ That Sin May Never Be / Sure As The Not That True Relegion Tie/ And Love That Rightly Grounded Ast/ Never Dies/ By This You See Care My / Parents Took Of Me/ When Upon This You Cast A View/ This Is The Work of Elizabeth/ Tompson In The Fourteen Year Of Her /Age 1735
DescriptionElizabeth Tompson's complex band sampler consists of thirty-four simple and decorative dividing lines separating an alphabet and ligatures, a band of initials, two number sequences & ligatures, six 2 line verses, a decorative floral band, and an inscription. Four of the verses are religious, one a thank you to her parents, and one an acknowlegment of her unnamed teacher. Pairs of initials are scatted thoughout the verses and a pair of framed crowns each with different initials and the same date 1706 flank a band near the middle of the composition. Colors are green, salmon pink, red, blues, gold, and white.
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