Sampler

DateNd

Artist Eliza Waltham (English)

CultureEnglish

Mediumsilk on wool

DimensionsSight: 15 x 18 3/8 in. (38.1 x 46.67 cm)

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

Period18th c / 19th c

Classification(s)

SignedAt bottom: Eliza Waltham

Inscribed“Small is my skill and tender are my years/ My hopes beat high but higher beat my fears/ To please, my best endeavours, I have tried/ Happy's such a task to be employed? Should you dear Parents, but approve my pains/ Great's my reward and ample are my gains At bottom: Eliza Phipps/ Mar 8/ Waltham Abbey/ Essex

Vassar Exhibitions

Women Picturing Women: From Personal Spaces to Public Venture

DescriptionProbably worked at

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