Object number1997.7.68

Sampler

Date1745

CultureEnglish

Mediumsilk embroidery threads on linen ground

DimensionsSight (Textile): 16 1/2 × 12 1/8 in. (41.91 × 30.8 cm)
Framed: 17 5/8 × 13 1/2 in. (44.77 × 34.29 cm)
Mount (Wood panel): 15 7/8 × 11 3/8 in. (40.32 × 28.89 cm)
Sight (Rabbet): 5/16 × 3/4 in. (0.79 × 1.91 cm)

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

On View

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Period18th c

Classification(s)

SignedLL: ELIZABETH MARTIN

Inscribed"REMEMBER NOW THY CREATOR / IN THE DAYS OF THY YOUTH / WHILE THE EVIL DAYS COME / NOT NOR THE YEARS DRAW NIGH / WHEN THOU SHALT SAY I HAVE / NO PLEASURE IN THEM" ; "WEALTH MAY TAKE WINGS / AND RICHES FLY AWAY / BUT GOD IS A ROCK THAT / NEVER WILL DECAY" ; "MARTHA AND MARY SISTERS WHERE AND SERVANTS OF / THE LORD MARTHA AT THE TABLE SERVED AND MARY / HEARD THE WORD MARTHA WAS A WOMAN GOOD AND / OF A SINGLE HEART MARY WAS AS GOOD AS SHE AND / CHOSE THE BETTER PART" ; THE HOLY FEAST OF EASTER WAS INIOIND TO BRING / CHRISTS RESURRECTION TO OUR MIND RISE THEN FROM / SIN AS HE DID FROM THE GRAVE THAT BY HIS MERITS / HE YOUR SOULS MAY SAVE" ; "LOVE THE LORD AND HE WILL BE / A TENDER FATHER UNTO THE" At bottom: ELIZABETH MARTIN / AGED TEN YEARS THE 27 OF DECE / MBER IN THE YEAR OF OUR LORD GOD 1745

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