- Maker
- Cassady, Catherine
- Date made
- 1814
- Origin
- Washington, DC US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A large church dominates the center of this sampler. Before it is a large green lawn filled with 18 sheep, two of which are black. On each side are 4 pine trees with a man and woman beneath each. Two large baskets of flowers and two smaller pots of flowers on both sides. Arcade border all four sides. (Note): See sampler #4130 for a nearly identical sampler done by Margaret Cassady, (sister?, cousin?) twelve years later in 1826).
- Inscription
- (At top): Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand / As the first effort of an infant hand / An while her fingers over this canvas move / Engage her tender heart to seek thy love / With thy dear children let her share a part / And write thy name thyself upon her heart./ (On the green lawn): Catherine Cassadys Work / Washington City, Feb 14 1814 //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 15 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #2007.77 Purchase, Mr. & Mrs. William Mitchell Jennings Jr. Gift, 2007
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
