Lydia Ann Temple

Sampler,

Maker

Title

Sampler

Medium

silk, linen

Materials/Techniques

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

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Abby A. Temple

Object Number

19.223

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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