Harriet Adaline Earle

Sampler,

Maker

Title

Sampler

Medium

silk, linen

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

43.2 x 41.9 cm (17 x 16 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Uppercase alphabet, lowercase alphabet, numbers 1-9, lowercase alphabet, "Providence", lowercase alphabet, script alphabet, "Providence RI"; At center: "Harriet Adaline Earle's Sampler Wrought at 10 years of age January 1830/The Family Resigter" At left: "Births/Fanny M Earle Born Tuesday July 8th 1806/William Earle Born Saturday April 16th 1808/George Earle Born Sunday October 1st 1809/Sarah W Earle Born Friday August 31st 1812/Marcy A Earle Born Monday April 12th 1813/Sarah A Earle Born Friday Nov 11th 1814/Oliver Earle Born Saturday August 17th 1816/Sally A Earle Born Friday April 3rd 1818/Harriot A Earle Born Thursday Sept 28th 1820/Julia Earle Born Sunday July 22nd 1822/Providence March 23d A.D. 1830"; At right: "Deaths/Sarah Waterman Earle Departed/this life Sunday May 9th 1813 Aged/1 Year 9 months/Sarah Arnold Earle Departed this/life Saturday August 19th 1815 9m 8d/Oliver Earle Departed this life/Thursday June 26th 1817 Aged 10m 9d/Our dear Father Oliver Earle Departed/this life July 5th in the Year 1824/in the 55th Year of his age."

Place

Providence

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Henry T. Brown in memory of Mrs. Cyrus Taft

Object Number

13.1544

Sampler

Uppercase alphabet, lowercase alphabet, numbers 1-9, lowercase alphabet, "Providence", lowercase alphabet, script alphabet, "Providence RI"; At center: "Harriet Adaline Earle's Sampler Wrought at 10 years of age January 1830/The Family Resigter" At left: "Births/Fanny M Earle Born Tuesday July 8th 1806/William Earle Born Saturday April 16th 1808/George Earle Born Sunday October 1st 1809/Sarah W Earle Born Friday August 31st 1812/Marcy A Earle Born Monday April 12th 1813/Sarah A Earle Born Friday Nov 11th 1814/Oliver Earle Born Saturday August 17th 1816/Sally A Earle Born Friday April 3rd 1818/Harriot A Earle Born Thursday Sept 28th 1820/Julia Earle Born Sunday July 22nd 1822/Providence March 23d A.D. 1830"; At right: "Deaths/Sarah Waterman Earle Departed/this life Sunday May 9th 1813 Aged/1 Year 9 months/Sarah Arnold Earle Departed this/life Saturday August 19th 1815 9m 8d/Oliver Earle Departed this life/Thursday June 26th 1817 Aged 10m 9d/Our dear Father Oliver Earle Departed/this life July 5th in the Year 1824/in the 55th Year of his age."

Providence

Exhibition History

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