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Document identity
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122848
label
Sampler
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obj
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object
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Source metadata
id
122848
contentType
object
title
Sampler
date
1817
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80019296
genreSpecific
Sampler
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 42.3 x 34 cm (16 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.)
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England, early 19th century
accession
1943.111
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embroidery; silk on woolen canvas
tombstone
Sampler, 1817. England, early 19th century. Embroidery; silk on woolen canvas; overall: 42.3 x 34 cm (16 5/8 x 13 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of George W. Bierce, 1943.111
collection
Textiles
inscriptions
inscription
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTVUWXYZ/ abcdefghijklmnopqrstvuwxyz12345/ [rows of coronets surmounted by descriptive initials] V[iscount] B[aron] P[rince] K[ing] Q[ueen] D[uke] M[arquis]/ 1 2 3 4 5 6 + +7 8 9 10 11/ In other men we faults can spy./ And blame the mote that dims their eye;/ Each little speck and blemish find,/ To our own stonger errors blind./ Ere we remark another's sin, Let our own conscience look within./ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/ Susan Dawn's work in the fourteenth year of her age. 1817."
creditline
Gift of George W. Bierce
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2026-05-29 06:19:26.596000
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122848
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Textiles
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Textiles
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embroidery; silk on woolen canvas
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0
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