Image

Martha Whitman

Sampler,

Description

Maker

Title

Sampler

Medium

silk, linen

Materials/Techniques

Dimensions

Length: 32.1 cm (12 5/8 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: At upper: uppercase alphabet including ampersand, twice, lowercase alphabet; maker's mark in center: "Martha Whitman,s Sampler/Wrought at nine years of/age. Providence March the 11": below: uppercase script alphabet with verse below: "Love thou the Lord & he will be/A tender Father unto thee"

Place

Providence

Type

Credit

Gift of Fadhilla Bradley

Object Number

2009.116

About

Sampler

Signature: At upper: uppercase alphabet including ampersand, twice, lowercase alphabet; maker's mark in center: "Martha Whitman,s Sampler/Wrought at nine years of/age. Providence March the 11": below: uppercase script alphabet with verse below: "Love thou the Lord & he will be/A tender Father unto thee"

Providence

Use

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 2009.116. To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.