- Maker
- Devoe, Lady (Whittaker?)
- Date made
- 1794
- Origin
- MD (?)
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A sampler filled with many motifs. Across the top: a male and female with a small dog(?) stand near a small tree, three large flowering plants, and a two story house with two chimneys with two figures and a small dog in front. Another row of various plants and on the far R a male and female beneath a flowering tree. The bottom row has two figures, one prone on the L beneath a very large plant, a peacock, Adam & Eve beneath the Tree of Knowledge and on the far R Caleb and Joshua, the Spies of Canaan, carrying grapes on a pole. Reversing arcaded border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (At the top): L A D Y D E V O E A G E D 1 0 Y E A R S / A N D T A U G H T B Y E L E N O R T E N E Y C K 1 7 9 4 //
- Length Without Frame
- 16"
- Width Without Frame
- 21 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- Inherited
- Owner
- Private collector.
