- Maker
- Disery, Rosina (age 15) (1805-1877)
- Date made
- 1820
- Origin
- New York, NY US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Quaker-style motifs, including baskets of fruit, flower urns, and vines. Although both girls and boys attended the African Free School from its founding in 1787, needlework instruction was not added to the curriculum until 1791. The sewing program was modeled closely on the curriculum at the Quaker-run Female Association Schools. Rosena's sampler was produced under the tutelage of Miss Mary Lincrum, who had been educated at a Female Association School. /
- Inscription
- TRUTH / O Truth, whom millions / Proudly slight, / O Truth, my treasure / and delight, / Accept this tribute for / thy name, / And this poor heart from / Which it came. / (Below verse): Rosena Disery, aged 15 years, / New York African Free / school. April . 1820 // (Note): Verse from "Self-Love and Truth Incompatible," originally penned by the French mystic Madame Guyon (1648-1717) and published by William Cowper (1731-1800) in 1779. //
- Length Without Frame
- 12"
- Width Without Frame
- 13"
- Historical Owner
- #2011.9 Purchased through the generosity of the Monsky family, the Coby Foundation, Barbara Knowles Debs and Richard A. Debs, Patricia D. Klingenstein, Nancy Newcomb and John Hargraves, Charles Phillips,
- Owner
- New York Historical Society, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- New York Historical Society
- Name of School
- African Free School, New York, NY
