- Maker
- Lupton, Hannah (age 10)
- Date made
- Unknown
- Origin
- US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Predominent Motif
- Adam & Eve beneath the Tree of Lknowledge at top center with potted plants, and bird and other motifs on either side. Bottom half of sampler has a large decorative spray of flowers, various baskets of flowers, animal motifs. Inner saw tooth strawberry border, an outer hem stitch border with scattered small flowers.
- Inscription
- Adam & Eve while innocent in Paradise was placed but soon the serpent by his wiles the happy pair disgraced. "Death with blow the bird of grace....." Hannah Lupton 10 yrs 21 Aug (?)
- Length With Frame
- 23 5/8"
- Wdith With Frame
- 28"
- Historical Owner
- #1997.7.165 Martha Clawson Reed Collection
- Owner
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Owner Private
- Vassar College Loeb Art Center
