- Maker
- Resler, Eve
- Date made
- ca. 1784 - 1813
- Origin
- Alexandria, VA US
- Stitches
- Backstitch, Cross, Split Satin, Double running
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Silk
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A silk embroidered and painted map sampler of the City of Washington depicting Georgetown, the Eastern Branch of the Potomac River, city blocks, streets, waterways, the President's House and the Capitol. A mariner's compass with a fleur de lis at top has the inscription beneath it: "Lat. of Capitol 38 53n." A scale beneath the signature of Eve Resler shows 600 poles = 6 inches. Centered at the top is a painted rose swag. Embroidered and painted allegorical figures of "Hope," "La Liberty," and "Justice" are at the top left, center, and right. A painted and embroidered portrait bust of George Washington is in a cartouche in the left bottom corner. Two winged angel faces rest on top of the cartouche with crossed feathers. A painted scene of the allegorical figures of Fame and Liberty flanking the Washington armorial shield are to the right of the cartouche. NOTE: See a nearly identical map sampler, #38 owned by the NSCDA in Washington, DC. Most likely done at the same school. //
- Inscription
- In lower center): Plan / of the CITY of / Washington / (in the Territory of Columbia) / ceded by the States of / VIRGINIA and MARYLAND / to the / United States of America / and by them established as the / SEAT of their GOVERNMENT / after the Year / 1800 / (At bottom L): George Washington / First President of the United States / and late Lieutenant General of the / American Armies / Died at Mount Vernon 14th Dec 1799 Aged 68 Years // Beneath figure of "Justice" at left of map sampler: Justice her equal scale aloft displays: / And Rights both human and devine [sic] she weighs / But laws no safety to the weak afford./ Unless the scale is balanced by the sword / Beneath the figure of "Justice" at left: Justice her equal scale aloft displays / And Rights both human and devine [sic] she weighs / But laws no safety to the weak afford. / Unless the scale is balanced by the sword." Beneath the figure of "Hope" at right "Remarks" and eleven lines of unreadable text in ink. / At bottom R: EVE RESLER //
- Length Without Frame
- 19 1/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 26 1/4"
- Historical Owner
- #2006-26 Purchased with partial gift funds from Christy Lee Bennett, Dr. & Mrs. Thomas L. Isaac and Jeanine's Sampler Seminar.
- Owner
- Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA
- Owner Private
- Colonial Williamsburg
