- Maker
- Merrill, Lucretia
- Date made
- 1802
- Origin
- Epsom, Pembroke, Stratham, NH US
- Stitches
- Cross, Button Hole, Straight, Algerian Eye.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse: variation on a translation from Metamorphoses, Book 7 by Ovid.) //
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: each with 26 letters. Numbers 1-10. Various stitched lines. Motifs of hearts, a coffin, bird on a branch, basket of flowers.
- Inscription
- I know the right and I approve it too / I know the wrong and yet the wrong pursue / Death parts united hearts / Life how short, eternity how long. / Lucretia Merril's Sampler wrought in Epsom Pembrock and Stratham 1 8 0 2 / Surviving friends When this you see / Mourn mourn for sin and not for me. (Note: variation on a translation from Metamorphoses, Book 7 by Ovid.) //
- Length Without Frame
- 12"
- Width Without Frame
- 13"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1947.016.1
- Owner
- New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, NH
- Owner Private
- New Hampshire Historical Society