Object number1997.7.92
Sampler
Date1792
Artist
Rosetta McCarty
(Scottish)
CultureScottish
MediumSilk embroidery threads on wool ground
DimensionsSight (tall rectangle): 17 11/16 x 13 in. (45 x 33 cm)
Framed (modern frame with ultraviolet filtering glass): 18 7/8 x 15 15/16 x 1/2 in. (48 x 40.5 x 1.3 cm)
Sight (rabbet): 3/16 x 5/16 in. (0.5 x 0.8 cm)
Sight (stretcher): 17 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. (44.1 x 32 cm)
Framed (modern frame with ultraviolet filtering glass): 18 7/8 x 15 15/16 x 1/2 in. (48 x 40.5 x 1.3 cm)
Sight (rabbet): 3/16 x 5/16 in. (0.5 x 0.8 cm)
Sight (stretcher): 17 3/8 x 12 5/8 in. (44.1 x 32 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections, Martha Clawson Reed Collection
On View
Not on viewPeriod18th c
Classification(s)
SignedBC: Rosetta McCarty
Inscribed“Thus slide away the days of youth” “Be thou faithful unto death” ; (Two parts above the urns): "Be thou faithful/ unto death I" and "will give thee/ a crown of life." ; (Four crowns paired with following monograms): "A McK" , "M McC" , "F McC" , "I McC".
BC: Dece! 31 1792 / Rosetta McCarty / EDINBURGH / E. Kennedys Academy
BibliographyThanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2004) ;
Pictorial band samplerExhibition HistoryPoughkeepsie, New York, FLLAC, Vassar College, "Thanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center," June 5-July 18, 2004
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