- Maker
- Batchelder, Nancy (age 12)
- Date made
- Early 19th century
- Origin
- US
- Stitches
- Satin, Cross, Stem, Crosslet, Chain, Eyelet, Surface, Satin, Straight, Encroaching Satin, Roumanian.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets: upper case block: 26 letters; q not Q, 2 versions of M, T, U, plus additional letters NSABCDMHW. 3 lower case: 26 letters. Script alphabet: no J; to W ( the XYZ are in lower part of sampler with inscription). Numbers 1-(1)0 along R edge. Simple stitched lines. At the bottom: a flowering plant with birds, flanked by large urns of flowers and small flowering plants. Reversing arcaded carnation border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (On L): Youth like the sPring in verdues clad / Their blooming smiles Profusive shed (On R): InraPtu'd beauties they disPlay / Which win the heart but fade away / Nancy Batchelder aged twelve Years aeiou * wy * / Whilst You ingraVe With Silken art / Let Virtue occuPy Your heart //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 3/8"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #T 8816 Gift of Mrs. Marion J. McLean.
- Owner
- Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC
- Owner Private
- Smithsonian Institution