- Maker
- Heath, Lucy (age 11)
- Date made
- 1789
- Origin
- Roxbury, MA US
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin, Hem, Stem, Half-cross, Cross with bar, Marking cross.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Canvas
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets: both missing the J, the first has the U and V interchanged, the second is missing the U. Various bands at the top and a large floral cross band at the bottom with a flying blue bird on the R.
- Inscription
- Lucy Heath is my Name New / England is my Nation Roxbury / Is my Dwelling Place and / Christ is my Salvation When I / Am dead And Laid in Grave / And all my bones are Rotten / When This you See / Remember me and Let me / Never be Forgotten / Lucy Heath Is my Name in The Eleventh year Of my age / AD 1779 Born October / The Eight 1769
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 7"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1969-288-391 Whitman Sampler Collection, Gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art