Tell me, ye Knowing and / Discerning few where I may / Find a Friend both Firm and / True who dares stand by me / When in Deep Distress and / Then his love and Friendship / Most Express. / (in a cartouche at center bottom): ELIZEBETH HICKLING / Aged Thirteen Years / Finished This Sampler / in Beeston February //

Maker

Hickling, Elizebeth (age 13)

Date made

1827

Origin

Beeston, England

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Wool

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

Sampler is done in four panels: birds, trees, butterflies and a center flower in panel 1. Verse with a basket of flowers and flowers on stems in #2. A brick building in the center of panel 3 and two large trees, flying birds, insects and flowers. Bottom panel has a ship, flowers in turns and baskets, hearts and other motifs. Reversing arcaded border all four sides.

Inscription

Tell me, ye Knowing and / Discerning few where I may / Find a Friend both Firm and / True who dares stand by me / When in Deep Distress and / Then his love and Friendship / Most Express. / (in a cartouche at center bottom): ELIZEBETH HICKLING / Aged Thirteen Years / Finished This Sampler / in Beeston February //

Length Without Frame

16 1/8"

Width Without Frame

13 7/8"

Historical Owner

#1997.7.78 Martha Clawson Reed Collection

Owner

Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY

Owner Private

Vassar College Loeb Art Center