- Maker
- Wallace, Katherine (age 16)
- Date made
- 1799
- Origin
- Wilmington, DE US
- Stitches
- Satin, Stem
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 56
- Foundation Cloth
- Silk
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Figure of Hector holding a shield taking leave of Andromache. A woman holding their baby is on the R. (Scene from the 6th book of Iliad). (Note: See #3044, #4221 and #4554 for samplers with the same scene).
- Inscription
- No inscription
- Length Without Frame
- 22"
- Width Without Frame
- 18 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #67.244 Gift of Miss M. Louise Jaquette (Note: for image use please contact: CBlough@dar.org).
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 56
- Owner
- DAR Museum, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- DAR Museum
- Name of School
- Miss Montgomery's School, Wilmington, DE
