Object number1997.7.36
Sampler
Date1776
Artist
Mary Singleton
(English)
CultureEnglish
MediumSilk On Wool
DimensionsSight: 11 7/8 x 13 7/8 in. (30.16 x 35.24 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections, Martha Clawson Reed Collection
Period18th c
Classification(s)
SignedAt center: Mary Singleton
Inscribed“With Early Virtue Plant Thy Breast The Specious Arts of Vice Detest. Virtue the Chiefest Beauty of the Mind -- The Holiest Ornaments of Human KInd.”
At center: Mary Singleton May 1776
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