- Maker
- Hunter, Barbara (age 10)
- Date made
- 1817
- Origin
- Percy-Main, North Umberland, England
- Stitches
- Cross,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Wool
- Predominent Motif
- Sampler is filled with various motifs including, trees, Adam and Eve, birds both large and small, flowers in urns and baskets, prancing stags. Reversing arcaded geometric leaf border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (At the top): Thou Lord hath lead thy People through the deep * as carefull / shepherds guide their flocks of sheep * O Lead us with thy grate to that / blessed Place * wher we may see and know the fate to face / (Scattered initials) (At a centered boat): The Iohn & / Susanah (At a boat on the L side): The Ann & marg /aret (At a boat on the R): The Georg / & William //Barbara * Hunter is my name and with my needle i have done the same / and by this work you may see what care my parents have taken of me / aged 10 in this year of our Lord 1817 wrought at margerry fothergills / school at percy main collery * Pass a few swiftly fleeting year / and all that no will by dies Live s Shall quit like me he vale of tears * ET / IH SH AH MH I H GH WH * JH MH JN MN DD IT WT BT * IL IR * WT //
- Length Without Frame
- 20 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 20"
- Historical Owner
- #1913-13-6 Gift of Leverton Harris
- Owner
- Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Cooper Hewitt Museum