Object number1997.7.128
Sampler
Date1839
Artist
Sarah Fowler
(British, b.1824)
CultureBritish
MediumSilk embroidery on wool ground with cotton handling edge
DimensionsSight (Textile): 16 × 20 5/8 in. (40.64 × 52.39 cm)
Framed: 18 5/8 × 23 in. (47.31 × 58.42 cm)
Rabbet: 1/2 × 5/16 in. (1.27 × 0.79 cm)
Framed: 18 5/8 × 23 in. (47.31 × 58.42 cm)
Rabbet: 1/2 × 5/16 in. (1.27 × 0.79 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Libraries, Special Collections, Martha Clawson Reed Collection
On View
Not on viewPeriod19th c
Classification(s)
SignedAt center: Sarah Fowler
InscribedIInscribed (within center portion): Even now in early youth / God of mercy God of truth / By thy holy Spirits grace / Turn my heart to seek thy Face ; (Label, Rabbits): Order 5th Rodentia ; (Label, Dogs): Order 3rd Carnivora.
At center: Sarah Fowler Aged 15 Years 1839
BibliographyThanks be to my Friends: Selected Samplers from the Collection of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center (Poughkeepsie: FLLAC, 2004) Exhibition 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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