- Maker
- Fazackerley , Anne
- Date made
- 1824
- Origin
- England
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Wool
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk, Chenille
- Predominent Motif
- Farm scene with barn, tree, two figures, cow, dog done in lower half of sampler. Verse is above with an arcade of small flowers with tassels at the ends, and 3 flying angels. Flower border (honeysuckle?) all four sides.
- Inscription
- Virtues the chiefest Beauty of the mind / The noblest Ornament of Humankind / Virtues our Safeguard and our guiding Star / That stirs up Reason when our Senses err / Anne Fazackerley 1824
- Length Without Frame
- 17 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 14 3/4"
- Historical Owner
- #1984.331.2 Gift of Barbara Schiff Sinauer
- Owner
- Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
- Owner Private
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
