- Maker
- Posey, Hester Ann (age 15)
- Date made
- 1837
- Origin
- Baltimore, MD US
- Stitches
- Cross, Crosslet, Satin, Stem.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A family record above a pyramidal monument flanked by rose bushes and butterflies. On the R a weeping willow tree. Ground-line worked in "crinkled" silk. Border of geometric flowering vine all 4 sides.
- Inscription
- A family * Reccord(sic) / Nathanial * and * Margaret * Posey / The. Parent's * of thore * Children / SoPhia * Maria * Posey * born Oct 8th 1813 / Fredrick * Jerome * Posey * born * Feb 28 1815 / Margaret Posey * born Dec 19th 1816 / John * Pittr * Posey * born Oct 12 1818 / Mary * Jane * Posey born Dec * 3d 1820 / Hester * Ann * Posey born Dec * 28 1822 / Nathaniel * Boliver Posey Bron April 11 1827 / Henry * Clay * Posey born * Aug 14 * 1829 / (In a square on the L): Weep not my frien / d * as you Pass by * / as you are now* so / once Was I * as i / am now * So you / must be * prepare / to meet me in / Eternity * (On the monument); sacred / to The - / Memory of / Margaret Posey / Who died Feb 2 / A*D* 1824 aged 8 YS / 1 Month and 14 days / (Near the bottom): Hester * Ann * Poseys * Sampler * Finished in the 15*th / year of her age * A*D* 1837 //
- Length Without Frame
- 25 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 21 3/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #TE*E365238 Gift of Mrs. Zebina Moses.
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
