(Under each individual motif in the center): Rice Cotton Sugar cane (On the R): When we give up our / youth to god ?Tis pleasing / In his eyes, A flower / thats offer?d in the bud / Is no mean sacrifice. (In lower L corner): Harriet Shannon ??? / her ? year December / 14th 1830

Maker

Shannon, Harriet (age 14)

Date made

1830

Origin

US

Stitches

Cross, Satin, Rococo, Stem

In Bolton & Co.

No

Foundation Cloth

Canvas

Embroidery Thread

Silk

Predominent Motif

1 alphabet: N is backwards, Y and Z missing. Lower half of sampler has various motifs of plants: rice, olive, sugar cane, cotton, baskets of plants, a bird in a tall tree next to a two story house with 2 chimneys and curtained windows, A dog and other small motifs.

Inscription

(Under each individual motif in the center): Rice Cotton Sugar cane (On the R): When we give up our / youth to god ?Tis pleasing / In his eyes, A flower / thats offer?d in the bud / Is no mean sacrifice. (In lower L corner): Harriet Shannon ??? / her ? year December / 14th 1830

Length Without Frame

18"

Width Without Frame

20 1/2"

Original Frame

Unframed

Historical Owner

#1969-288-338 Whitman Sampler Collection, gift of Pet, Inc. 1969

Owner

Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Owner Private

Philadelphia Museum of Art