- Maker
- Ryan, Elisha (age 15)
- Date made
- 1852
- Origin
- Ireland
- Stitches
- Cross, Outline, Satin, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- cotton
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk, Wool
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each with 26 letters. One ampersand. Numbers 1-7. Bottom two thirds of sampler is filled with a variety of very colorful motifs includes various birds, animals, flowers, a small building, a very large pot of flowers. At the bottom a large building ( a church?), two squares with religious meaning letters. Reversing arcading border with large and small flowers up both sides and across the top.
- Inscription
- (After third alphabet near the top): Elisha Ryan worked / this sampler in the 14th year of her age in the year of / our Lord 1 8 5 2 / (In a small square near bottom L): I H S (In a small square near bottom R): E V M //
- Length Without Frame
- 24 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1922.4447 Gift of Katherine Togerty Hannigan
- Owner
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
- Owner Private
- Art Institute of Chicago
