(On the L side): Betsy Hudson (In the center): The rose is red the grass is green / The days are past Which I have seen / My handy work my friends may have / When I am dead and in my grave / (On the R side): Finished 1940 //

Maker

Hudson, Betsy (age 18?)

Date made

1840

Origin

England

Stitches

Cross, Stem, Queen, Satin.

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Linen

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

A sampler filled with motifs of flowers in footed urns, birds with outstretched wings and standing birds. At center bottom Adam & Eve stand beneath the Tree of Knowledge, each picking an apple, the asp twined around the trunk. Two flying angels and two birds at the top. One reversing arcaded carnation cross band and a border of the same on all four sides.

Inscription

(On the L side): Betsy Hudson (In the center): The rose is red the grass is green / The days are past Which I have seen / My handy work my friends may have / When I am dead and in my grave / (On the R side): Finished 1940 //

Historical Owner

#88.013.0001 Gift of Mary Elizabeth Turnbull, the stitchers great-grandaughter.

Owner

Historic Richmond Town, Staten Island, NY

Owner Private

Historic Richmond Town/Staten Island Historical Society