Image

Mary Dusenbery

Sampler,

Description

Maker

Title

Sampler

Medium

silk, linen

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

54.3 x 48.9 cm (21 3/8 x 19 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

At top right small uppercase alphabet, lowercase alphabet, numbers 1-20, large uppercase alphabet; inscription beginning at mid left: "Remove from me vanity and lyes/give me neither poverty nor riches/feed me with food convenient for age"; numbers 1-20; maker's name at lower left: "Mary Dusenbery"; dated at lower right: "June the 8, 1802"

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

13.033

About

Sampler

At top right small uppercase alphabet, lowercase alphabet, numbers 1-20, large uppercase alphabet; inscription beginning at mid left: "Remove from me vanity and lyes/give me neither poverty nor riches/feed me with food convenient for age"; numbers 1-20; maker's name at lower left: "Mary Dusenbery"; dated at lower right: "June the 8, 1802"

Use

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