- Maker
- Elisabeth I Fisher
- Date made
- 1820
- Origin
- Mackinac Island, MI US
- Stitches
- Cross over one, Cross over two
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 1 alphabet: 26 letters plus ampersand. Motifs of butterflies, flowers, birds. trees, a man at bottom L and a female in a long gown at bottom R. A tree at bottom center with a large bird at the center. Reversing arcaded carnation border all four sides. (Note: this sampler was probably worked in the first school for Native Americans on Mackinac Island, Michigan under the instruction of Marianne Schindler Fisher. Elizabeth was her daughter. Be sure to see sampler #4500 made by Rose Bailly and #4456 made by Sophie Bailly done at the same school) Samplers made by Native Americans are exceedingly rare.
- Inscription
- Cease then, nor order imperfection name . / Our proper bliss depends on what we blame / Know thy own point: This kind, this due degree / Of blindness, weakness, heaven bestows on thee. / Submit In this, or any other sphere / Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear / Safe in the hand of one disposing pow?r, / Or in the natal, or the mortal houre / Pope / (In a cartouche with an angel on each side): E I Fisher / Mackinac April 24 / 1820 //
- Length Without Frame
- 13"
- Width Without Frame
- 17"
- Historical Owner
- #VL1952.2.23
- Owner
- Villa Louis Museum, Prairie Du Chien, WI
- Owner Private
- Villa Louis Museum
- Name of School
- Fisher School, Mackinac Island, MI
