- Maker
- Martin, Ann
- Date made
- 1808
- Origin
- England
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Predominent Motif
- Many beautiful motifs decorate this sampler: baskets and urns of flowers, many different kind of birds both flying and perching, the Spies of Caanan, a couple in colonial fashion, deer, owls, squirrels, various bugs. At the bottom a scene with a tall fruit tree with a very large bird sitting in the branches, a two story house on the L with smoke coming from the chimney, a tall structure on the R with many trees. Arcaded honeysuckle vine border on all sides.
- Inscription
- On Diligence / How truly blest are they who leisure find / To dress the little Garen of the Mind / That graceful tillage well rewards our paint / Sweet is the labour certain are the gains / The rising harvest never mocks our toil / We are sure of fruit if we Man?re the soil. / / Ann Martin / 1808
- Length Without Frame
- 17 3/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 1/4"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1963.30 Gift of Mrs. J. Templeton Coolidge
- Owner
- Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA
- Owner Private
- Worcester Art Museum
