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Lydia Ann Temple

Sampler,

Description

Maker

  • Lydia Ann Temple

Title

Sampler

Medium

silk, linen

Materials/Techniques

Materials

  • Linen ground with silk embroidery

Techniques

  • Linen ground with silk embroidery

Dimensions

48.3 x 45.7 cm (19 x 18 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

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."

Type

  • Textiles

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Abby A. Temple

Object Number

19.223

About

Sampler

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."

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The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use. This object is in Copyright. This object is Sampler with the accession number of 19.223. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

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