- Maker
- Welsh, Mary
- Date made
- ca. 1770
- Origin
- MA US
- Stitches
- Eyelet, Satin, Herringbone, Detached buttonhole, French knots, Outline, Satin,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 upper case alphabet: missing both the J and U, with ampersand. Wide and narrow cross bands. A group of Boston samplers worked between 1760 and 1790 feature motifs found on the Fishing Lady pictures. A seated shepherdess, 5 white and 1 black sheep, a male with a pole, dog, and trio of sheep-two white and one black, deer, birds, trees, a house in the background. Reversing arcaded acorn and leaf border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (At the top): On Earth Let My Example Shine / And When I Leave This State / May Heaven Receive This Soul of Mine To / Bliss Devinely Great / (At the bottom): Mary Welsh Her Sampler Wrought In The 12 Year Of / Her Age //
- Length Without Frame
- 21"
- Length With Frame
- 23"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Wdith With Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1962-309 Museum Purchase
- Owner
- Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA
- Owner Private
- Colonial Williamsburg
