- Maker
- Pitman, Elizabeth (age 12)
- Date made
- 1802
- Origin
- Red Banks, VA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Rice, Algerian Eye, Eyelet, Outline, Stem, Pulled Thread.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse #314. 1819. Page 294.
- Foundation Cloth
- Cotton
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk & linen
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: 26 letters, q not Q, long style S. Numbers 1-14. Simple stitched lines. Sampler is framed by a meandering vine with leaves and flowers.
- Inscription
- Elizabeth Pitman in / her 12th year 1802 / And am I born to die, to lay this body down / And must my trembling / spirit fly into a world / unknown (Note: Most of verse has disappeared, however it is a standard verse on samplers of the period). //
- Length Without Frame
- 15"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 3/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #T 12180 Gift of Mrs. Eleanor Goodnight Morrison.
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
