- Maker
- Davis, Betsy
- Date made
- 1797
- Origin
- Providence, RI
- Stitches
- Cross, Satin,
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- A beautiful sampler with a large columned center divided into four panels. #1 with angels, two doves perched on a hear, flying angels. Panel 2 with a colonial couple and two colonial females in a scene with a large centered fruit tree, two smaller trees, deer, sheep and other animals. Panel 3 with a large house with two chimneys set in a fenced yard with three trees with perching birds perching birds on both sides. The bottom panel with two couples at the center next to a flowering tree, with one small dog, two black animals and on each side a tree with a tall vine trailing over the trees. Across the bottom a wide cross band with strawberries. On both sides an urn with a flowering vine that goes up each sides and beets at the center where a white bird and two colorful birds are perched.
- Inscription
- May Spotless / Innocence & truth my every action / guide and guard my unexperiencd / youth from arrogance & pride / (Across the bottom): BETSY DAVIS S WORK PROVIDENCE APRIL 1797 //
- Length Without Frame
- 17 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 14 3/8"
- Historical Owner
- #45.767 Gift of Mr. Gilbert Russell Payson & Henry G.E. Payson
- Owner
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
- Owner Private
- Museum of Fine Arts
