- Maker
- Downer, Susanna
- Date made
- 1824
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Oblong cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Canvas
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: uppercase block missing the J. Numbers 1-6 and 7-14. All done in the center of the sampler with various stitched lines and cross bands. Two flying angels and a basket of fruit across the top. Then the spies of Canaan carrying grapes on a pole, two trees, and four eight sided stars. At the bottom a very large bird on a branch on both L and R, with a strawberry plant center bottom with a square on each side. Arcaded border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (In a flower wreath at the top): Susanna / Downer / 1824 / Below the two figures: Joshua and Caleb / In the lower quadrant: Teach me to feel anothers smart / And teach my tears to flow / Teach me to sooth the sorrowing heart / And give relief to woe / / Susanna Downer
- Length Without Frame
- 17"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1969-288-367 Whitman Sampler Collection, Gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
