- Maker
- King, M Ann (age 10)
- Date made
- ca. 1835(?)
- Origin
- England
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A central large vase of flowers surrounded with motifs of dogs, trees, small baskets of flowers, coronets, angels, butterflies, birds. Reversing arcaded honeysuckle border all four sides. (Note): see sampler #4816 for a nearly identical sampler. Did M. Ann King copy this? Was it done by her teacher? Or did she do it again at a later age when her stitching was much improved....we will never know.
- Inscription
- (At the top): You Whose Fond Wishes Would to Heaven / AsPire Make those Best Abodes Your Sole Desire / If You Are Wile And Hope that Bliss to Gain / Use Well Your Time Live Not an Hour In Vain / Let Not The Morrow Your Vain thoughts EmPloy / But think this DaY the Last You Shall Enjoy / (At the bottom): When This You See Remember Me And Keep / Me In You Mind Let All the World Say What / They Will Speak Of Me As You Find * Remember / Now thy Creatior In Days Of Your Youth While / The Evil Day Cometh Not Nor the Years Draweth / Not Near When Thou Shalt Say I Have No Pleasure / In them M Ann King In The 10 Year Of Her Age //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 5/8"
- Historical Owner
- #2003.417 Gift of Mr. & Mrs. Berger 2003.
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts
