- Maker
- Unknown
- Date made
- ca. 1761
- Origin
- England (?)
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Sampler is divided into four sections. The first 3 have verses in the center with baskets of flowers, trees and birds on either side. The bottom row has two facing stags standing on a green lawn with several trees and flower baskets. Strawberry border all four sides.
- Inscription
- (Verse 1): 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 / (Verse 2): Virtue is the chiefest beauty of the mind / The noblest ornament of human kind, / Virtue is our safeguard and our guiding star, / that stirs up true reason when our senses err. / (Verse 3): ?? // (At the bottom) 17 61(?) ///
- Length Without Frame
- 14 1/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 12 3/8"
- Historical Owner
- #36.125 Gift of Mrs. Henry Stockwell Gibson
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
