Image
Description
Maker
Title
Sampler
Year
Materials/Techniques
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Techniques
Materials
silk, linen Dimensions
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48.3 x 45.7 cm (19 x 18 inches)
Signature / Inscription / Marks
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At top: uppercase script alphabet, uppercase alphabet, numbers 1-13, lowercase alphabet; maker's mark in center: "Wrought by/Lydia Ann Temple/1821"; verse below: "I read his awful name, emblazoned high/With golden letters on th' illumin'd sky;/Nor less, the mystic characters I see/Wrought in each flower; inscrib'd on ev'ry tree/In ev'ry leaf that trembles on the breeze,/I hear the voice of God among the trees."
Credit / Object Number
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Credit
Gift of Mrs. Abby A. Temple
Object Number
19.223 Type
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