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Betty Keen

Sampler

Maker

Betty Keen (American, August 14, 1734)

Title

Sampler

Year

1748

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

linen, silk

Dimensions

47.6 x 19.7 cm (18 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Biblical inscription, Malachi Chap. IV beginning in left upperhand corner: "For behold th/e day cometh/that shall burn/as an overn and/all the Proud y/ea and all that/do wicked sha/ll be stubble an/d the day that c/ometh shall bur/n them up, saith/the Lord of hos/ts that I shall/leave them ne[?]/ her root nor bra/nch/But unto you that fear my nam/e shall the sum o/f righteousness/ arife with heal/ing in his wings/and ye shall/go forth and g/row up as ca/lves of the sra/ll/And ye shall t/read down the/wicked for the/y shall be ashe/s under the sol/es of your feet/in the day that I/shall do this sai/th the Lord of/hosts." In right upperhand corner: "Elijah's Coming/Remember ye/the law of Mo/res my fervant/which I comm/anded unto him/in Horeb[?] for/all [?] I wish/the statutes and/judgements/behold I will/feed you Elijah/the prophet be/fore the com/ing of the great/and dreadful/day of the Lord/And he shall/turn the heart/of fathers/to the children/and the heart of the children/to their fathers/lest I come and/smite the Earth/with a curse." Maker's mark at bottom: "Betty Kee/b orn Agust the/14 1734 Aged 14 years"

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Daphne Farago Americana Collection

Object Number

82.072

Type

Publications

  • Journal

Manual / Issue 15: Green

RISD Museum’s Manual 15 Celebrates Green

New life is always shown to us through mokingpu, the color green-the light green stems of rabbitbrush, one of the few colors seen the winter; the tender green shoots of new corn that emerge in the spring against the backdrop of the dry brown earth. Green offers hope. Green represents life.

-Susan Sekaquaptewa

A welcome splash of color after a long winter, the RISD Museum’s fifteenth issue of Manual is awash in shades of green, celebrating the color's myriad associations with nature and growth, environmentalism and sustainable practices, newness and hope (as well as poison and currency) and delving into the histories of specific pigments and processes. Manual 15 opens with an introductory essay by Hopi grower Susan Sekaquaptewa, who details the soft hues of the flora of Northern Arizona. “You appreciate plants more when you develop a relationship with them,” she explains.

This issue of Manual is supported in part by a grant from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, through an appropriation by the Rhode Island General Assembly and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional generous support is provided by the RISD Museum Associates and Sotheby’s.

Exhibition History

These Golden Arts
Needlework by Women, 1688-1888
Jun 18, 1993 – Aug 14, 1993

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Tombstone

Betty Keen (American, August 14, 1734)
Sampler, 1748
Linen ground with silk embroidery
47.6 x 19.7 cm (18 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches)
Daphne Farago Americana Collection 82.072

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