- Maker
- Hills, Sarah Elizabeth (age 12)
- Date made
- 1834
- Origin
- East Hartford, CT US
- Stitches
- Cross, over 2, Cross over 1, Algerian eye
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Hills Family register done in two columns over a straight horizontal band. Floral and vine border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (at the top): Family Register / (below family): Births (below register): Deaths (On the L): Israel(?) Hills was born / July 18th 17?? / Elizabeth Warren was born / January 10th 1789 / Married March 23 1812 / Sarah Elizabeth Hills was born December 10 1822 / Nancy Hart Hills was born / April Let Virtue be my greatest care / And Study my delight: / So shall my Day be always Fair / And Peaceable my night / The only amaranthine flower on Earth / Is Virtue, The only (lasting) treasure Truth / (On the R): When life in opening buds is sweet / And golden hopes the spirit greet, / And youth prepares his joys to meet / Alas! how hard it is to die. / When scarce is seized some borowed prize / And duties press, and tender ties / Forbid the soul from earth to rise, / How awful then it is to die / This Sampler (was) wrought (by) Sarah / Elizabeth Hills East Hartford 1834 / (illegible). //
- Length Without Frame
- 14"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1988.198.0
- Owner
- Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
- Owner Private
- Connecticut Historical Society
