Object number1997.7.61
Sampler
Date1740
Artist
Mary Aspes
(English)
CultureBritish
MediumSilk embroidery on linen
DimensionsComposition: 17 1/2 x 12 in. (44.4 x 30.5 cm)
Framed: 19 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (50.2 x 36.8 cm)
Framed: 19 3/4 x 14 1/2 in. (50.2 x 36.8 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections, Martha Clawson Reed Collection
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
SignedUL: MARY ASPES
InscribedStitched upper center: [alphabet] / [signature] [illegible] THISNOVEMBERTHE [illegible, possible year] 1740NEWLINCOLIN [illegible] / AGED 6 YEARS; center: I BELIEVE / In God The Father Almighty Maker Of Heaven And Earth / And In Jesus Christ His On[illegible, possibly only] Son Our Lord Who Was Conc / ived By The Holy Ghost Born Of The Virgin Mary Suffe / red Under Pontius Pilate Was Crucified Dead And Buried / He Descended Into Hell The Third Day He Rose Again / From The Dead He Ascended Into Heaven And Sitteth At / The Right Hand Of God The Father Almighty From Th / ence He Shall Come To Judge The Quick And The Dead / I Believe In The Holy Ghost The Holy Catholick Church / The Communion Of Saints The Forgiveness Of Sins The ♦️ / Resurrection Of The Body And The Life Everlasting / Amen
BibliographyLukacher, Joann Martin. Imitation and Improvement: The Norfolk Sampler Tradition. Redmond, WA, In the Company of Friends, 2013, p. 76 Vassar Exhibitions
Exhibition HistoryModeling Femininity: Art and the Moral Education of Nineteenth-Century Women, Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY, January 27 - March 15, 2000DescriptionTwo vertical blue bands filled with flowers flank a center composition of horizontal floral, patterned, and alphabet bands in the upper third. In the center is the Nicene Creed and at the bottom of the composition is a three-story brick house flanked by trees with a checkered path in the front.
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