- Maker
- Rogers, Jane (age 10)
- Date made
- 1800-1830
- Origin
- England
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Sampler is divided into 3 sections with verse and flowers in upper section, forest scene with birds, trees and flowers in middle section, baskets of flowers and wreath at bottom. All done in a saw tooth bordered rectangle with a flower border around all.
- Inscription
- UPON LIFE / LORD, what it life? Tis like a flower / That blossoms and is gone / We see it flourish for an hour / With all its beauty on? / But Death comes like a Wintry day / And cuts the pretty flowers away / LORD what is life? Tis like the bow / That glistens in the sky / We love to see the colours glow / But while we look they die / Life fails as soon to day tis here / To night perhaps twill disappear. / Lord what is life? If spent with thee / In duty, praise, and pray'r / However short or long it be / We need but little care / Because Eternity will last / When life and death itself are past. / / Jane Rogers / Aged Ten Years
- Length Without Frame
- 22"
- Width Without Frame
- 20 1/2"
- Historical Owner
- #1984.331.11 Gift of Barbara Schiff Sinauer
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
