Object number1997.7.16

Sampler: Family Record or Register

Datec. 1806

Artist Sophia Smith (American, 1796-1870)

CultureAmerican

MediumReproduction on paper in tabernacle type frame

DimensionsSight (sampler - tall rectangle): 7 7/8 x 6 3/4 in. (20 x 17.1 cm)
Framed: 17 x 9 1/8 x 3/4 in. (43.2 x 23.2 x 1.9 cm)
Sight (photograph - oval): 5 x 3 1/2 in. (12.7 x 8.9 cm)

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

On View

Not on view

Period19th c

Classification(s)

SignedAt top: Sophia Smith

InscribedAt center: Joseph Smith born sept 20 1768. / Lois White born oct 16th 1769. / and were Married Feb 20th 1788. / Austin Smith born Oct. 8th 1790. / Joseph Smith April 1st 1792. / Elihu W Smith born April 11th 1794. / Sophia Smith born August 27th 1796. / Harriot Smith born April 11th 1800. / Moranda Smith born Feb. 11th 1803. / Louisa W. Smith born Nov. 23 1805. / monitorial / When death dissolves these sacred ties, / May each to happier realms remove. / There meet and range the peaceful skies, / In bands of everlasting love.

DescriptionList of members of family with birth dates and a poem “Monitorial” at bottom. Sophia Smith (b. Aug 27,1796 in Hatfield, Mass. ;d. June 12, 1870) was the founder of Smith College

Terms

samplers (embroidery)

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