- Maker
- Smithey, Susan Ann Scott (age 8)
- Date made
- 1818
- Origin
- Richmond, VA US
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: uppercase block and script: no J, q not Q. Uppercase block: q not Q. Numbers 1-7. Two trees on either side of small verse. Family information at bottom. Many cross bands. Flower border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Teach me to feel another's wo / To hide the faults I see, / That mercy I to others show / That mercy show to me. / / Robert Smithey born the 8th April 1774 Leitchfield Staffordshire / Great Britain Martha Clayton Smithey born in New Kent State / of Virginia Robert Smithey born in Georgetown in the State of MD / Ellen Smithey born in State of Virginia near Richmond 6th May 1801 / Susan Ann Scott Smithey born 29th of September 1810 Finished this / Sampler 17th July 1818 Richmond Virginia Mary Jane Smithey / born 23rd October 1812 Mary Hewlett William Hewlett //
- Length Without Frame
- 20 1/8"
- Length With Frame
- 21 7/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 16 5/8"
- Wdith With Frame
- 18 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- Inherited
- Owner
- Private collector
- Owner Private
- Janet F. Beaty
