Sampler

Date1813

Artist Elizabeth Gold (British)

Author Philip Doddridge (English, 1702 - 1751)

CultureBritish

MediumSilk embroidery on linen

DimensionsComposition: 16 3/4 x 12 5/8 in. (42.5 x 32.1 cm)
Framed: 18 x 14 in. (45.7 x 35.6 cm)

Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections, Martha Clawson Reed Collection

Period19th c

Classification(s)

SignedLL: Elizabeth Gold

InscribedStitched center: Awake my Soul, stretch every nerve, / And press with Vigour on; / A heavenly Race demand thy Zeal, / And an immortal Crown.; lower edge: Her Work. in the 9th Year of her AGe. in 1813○

BibliographyThanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2004, n.p.

Vassar Exhibitions

Between The Lines: Innovation and Expression in Women's Sewing Samplers

Exhibition HistoryThanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 5 - July 18, 2004
DescriptionA composition filled with freestanding forms, such as birds, flowers, flowers in vases and baskets, and insects with a landscape in the lower half. In the upper half is a sky filled with two moons and stars, angels holding a crown above a small heart, and two large triangular trees. At center is Philip Doddridge's hymn "Awake, My Soul, Stretch Every Nerve" encircled by a wreath of vine. Below is a basket with flowers flanked by architectural structures supported by columns. At bottom is a stately three-story brick house with two chimneys upon a hill and flanked on either side by birds, flowers, rabbits, and a woman on left and a man on right. The composition is enclosed by a floral border.

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