- Maker
- Griswold, Mehitable (age 13)
- Date made
- 1819
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 3 alphabets: one ampersand. Numbers 1-10. Below a scene with a man and woman holding hands walking along a path beside an inlet. On the L a road with houses, a coach with a pair of horses heading up the hill, a flowering tree, a weeping willow. On the R foreground a large flowering tree. Boats sail on the bay. In the background on a distant hill another village. In the upper L and R corners hanging floral sprays.
- Inscription
- June...16,,,,,,1819........ / Mehitable Griswold........ aged .......13 / Sweet as a shepherds tuneful reed / From Sions mount I heard the sound /Gau sprang the flowrets of the mead / And gladdend nature smiled around / The voice of peace salutes my ear / CHRIST's lovely voice perfumes the air / Improve ev'ry moment / Grow wise while you may / For life is to short / To be trifled away / In harmless amusems / And innocent play / Count that day lost whose setting sun / Sees from thy hand no worthy action done / /
- Length Without Frame
- 23 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 28"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1969-288-321 Whitman Sampler Collection, gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
