- Maker
- Feaster, Rachel
- Date made
- 1823
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 156
- Foundation Cloth
- Cotton
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Various flowers embellish this sampler. A wreath below the verse with two facing black birds. A swan, another bird, an animal, insects and scattered flowers with birds at the bottom. A rose bud border across the bottom with a larger rose border up the sides and across the top.
- Inscription
- (In the center): The wish / I sigh not for beauty, n or languish for wealth / But grant me, kind Providence: virtue and health / Then, richer than kings, and more happy than they, / My days shall pass sweetly and swiftly away. / Rachel Feaster. July 13th. - 1823
- Length Without Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 17"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1969-288-291 Whitman Sampler Collection, gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 156
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
