- Maker
- Gorham, Jemima (age 15)
- Date made
- 1790
- Origin
- Bristol, RI US
- Stitches
- Cross, Crosslet, Petit Point, Chain, Stem, Outline, Queen.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse #606. 1775. Page 331.
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 block alphabets: one 26 letters, the other missing the j, long style S; both with V and U transposed. Numbers 1-12. A gentleman, two ladies and a small dog are depicted in a center landscape with a tree and a flowering plant. Overhead clouds and a trumpeting angel. A border of a wide free style meandering vine with various flowers. Done at Mrs. Usher's School
- Inscription
- Let spotless innocence and truth / My every action guide / And guard my unexperienced Youth / From vanity and pride. / / (In a cross stitched lozenge): Jemima / Gorham born / august 28 1775 / made this sampler / in Bristol 1790 / at Mrs ushers / School //
- Length Without Frame
- 13"
- Width Without Frame
- 10 7/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #TE*L6956-A Gift of the Misses Edith C. and Annette Everett Long.
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution National Museum of American History
- Name of School
- Mrs. Usher's School, Bristol, RI
