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122187
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Sampler
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122187
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Sampler
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1810
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CC0
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en
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Q80018428
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Sampler
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Overall: 40 x 38.8 cm (15 3/4 x 15 1/4 in.)
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England, 19th century
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1942.503
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embroidery; cotton and silk on linen
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Sampler, 1810. England, 19th century. Embroidery; cotton and silk on linen; overall: 40 x 38.8 cm (15 3/4 x 15 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Mary Pack McNairy Collection, 1942.503
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in upper left-hand box: "Nature lend all your charms transcendent group/ In lore unearthly skilled ye angels stoop + the late/ Let all created powers at once agree + st in my/ To paint the beauties of this willow tree * latest/ Let truth resplendent on the linen shine * hour of/ And wisdom with her tendrils their entwine * dea/ th" (the latest in my latest hour of death appears as fragments on each line); upper right-hand corner: "from all/ the lesso/ ns I obta/ in may I/ a store of/ knowle/ ge gain./ And early seek my sav./ ours face. And gain/ from him supplies of gr/ ace"; box below upper left-hand box: "When childhoods happy days are ore./ And youthful pleasure charm no more./ My riper years with joy sh'll see./ This youthful proof of industry"; central left-hand box: "Eliza P. Hulse/ her work aged/ 8 years 1836."; central right-hand box: "O god of love with cheering ray. gild my/ expiring streak of day+ thy love through/ each revolving year + has wiped away"; above embroidered motifs: "Crown my last moment with thy power"; below each motif: "Bird."; "Pomgranate."; "Bird."; "Orange.tree." "Weeping . Willow ."
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The Mary Pack McNairy Collection
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2026-05-29 06:17:12.949000
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122187
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embroidery; cotton and silk on linen
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