Sampler
1823
Maker Unknown
Textiles
Sampler, 1823. England, early 19th century. Embroidery; silk on woolen canvas; overall: 44.2 x 33.7 cm (17 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George W. Bierce 1943.124
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sampler
- Formatted Medium
- embroidery; silk on woolen canvas
- Medium
- embroidery, silk, woolen, canvas
- Dimensions
- Overall: 44.2 x 33.7 cm (17 3/8 x 13 1/4 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: above: "Teach me to sooth the helpless orphan's grief,/ with timely aid the widow's woes assuage./ To Misry's moving cries to yield relief,/ And be the sure resource of drooping age./ So when the genial spring of life shall fade,/ And sinking nature owns the dread decay,/ Some soul congenial then may lend its aid,/ And gild the close of life's eventful day."; below: "Ann Madden Aged 12 Years/ 1823."
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