- Maker
- Murray, Priscilla Pratt
- Date made
- 1818
- Origin
- Hopkinton, MA (?) US
- Stitches
- Cross, Eyelet, Smyrna
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Canvas
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 7 alphabets: #6 missing the J, #8 has both the long and the short S. 4 ampersands. Numbers 1-2, 3, and 1-9. Simple stitched lines, simple border all four sides. Note the different styles of letters that Priscilla used including the first which has little flowers on every letter, and the second which is done in outline. Done at the Christ Free School.
- Inscription
- Priscilla Pratt Murray Hopkinton / (On the L): Thy self to know / Thy self to rule * / (On the R): A science taught in / Christ Free School * / /
- Length Without Frame
- 22 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 18"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1969-288-280 Whitman Sampler Collection, gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Name of School
- Christ Free School, Hopkinton, (MA?)
