(Note uses the long s): (In an octagon with small flowers): Ann Fisher was Born April 18 1792 / Wm Fisher was Born August 17 1799 / Robt Fisher was Born Jan 9 1798 / Eliz Fisher was Born May 10 1797 / Knott Fisher Was Born April 30 1799 / Thos Fisher was Born Sept 4 1800 / All sons and Daughters of mr Robt / And mrs Ann Fisher of Weston / If Happiness be Your pursuit / plant Virtue and contents / The Fruit / (Near the bottom): Virtue is the chiefest Beauty of the mind / the noblest ornament of womankind / Virtues our safeguard and our leading star / It stirs up reason when our senses err / (At the bottom): Ann Fisher Finished this sampler April 1801 in the 7 year of her age //

Maker

Fisher, Ann (age 7)

Date made

1801

Origin

Weston, England

Stitches

Cross

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Wool

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

2 alphabets, number 1-10. A bird sitting on a branch, two facing birds in a bower, tall plants, three baskets of flowers. At the bottom three rows of partial octagons. Arcaded reversing carnation border all four sides.

Inscription

(Note uses the long s): (In an octagon with small flowers): Ann Fisher was Born April 18 1792 / Wm Fisher was Born August 17 1799 / Robt Fisher was Born Jan 9 1798 / Eliz Fisher was Born May 10 1797 / Knott Fisher Was Born April 30 1799 / Thos Fisher was Born Sept 4 1800 / All sons and Daughters of mr Robt / And mrs Ann Fisher of Weston / If Happiness be Your pursuit / plant Virtue and contents / The Fruit / (Near the bottom): Virtue is the chiefest Beauty of the mind / the noblest ornament of womankind / Virtues our safeguard and our leading star / It stirs up reason when our senses err / (At the bottom): Ann Fisher Finished this sampler April 1801 in the 7 year of her age //

Length Without Frame

16 1/4"

Width Without Frame

12 1/2"

Historical Owner

#57.122.520 Collection of Mrs. Lathrop C. Harper, Bequest of Mabel H. Harper, 1957

Owner

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Owner Private

Metropolitan Museum of Art