Count that day lost / Whose low descending sun / Views from thy hand / No worthy action done / Wrought by Tacy Pratt in 1813 // (Note: Tacy died at the age of 16, two years after finishing this sampler). //

Maker

Pratt, Tacy (age 14)

Date made

1812

Origin

Lynn, MA US

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linsey-Woolsey

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

The upper portion of this sampler is missing with only a partial uppercase script alphabet from O to Z plus an ampersand left. Simple stitched lines. No border.

Inscription

Count that day lost / Whose low descending sun / Views from thy hand / No worthy action done / Wrought by Tacy Pratt in 1813 // (Note: Tacy died at the age of 16, two years after finishing this sampler). //

Length Without Frame

6.25"

Width Without Frame

8.25"

Historical Owner

#5032A Gift of Alice Hawkes

Owner

Lynn Museum, Lynn, MA

Owner Private

Lynn Museum