Sampler
In this large, graphic memorial sampler the word “MY CHILD” is repeated twice in bold capital letters. These words provide an emotional immediacy to Maria Holden Samuels’ grief at the loss of her infant son who “departed this life September 4, 1878/ Age 9 months and 2 days.” At the top of the sampler is a block of inscribed verses, as yet without an unidentified source. The verses include two lines corresponding to the images in the sampler’s center: “Where the green willow weeps” and “His soul is by angels carrast [caressed?]”. The verses are flanked by large red roses. The top three-quarters of the sampler is surrounded by a narrow border of rosebuds and vines that spring from rose bushes blooming on the green lawn below.
For more information, see catalogue entry below.
For more information, see catalogue entry below.
Artwork Details
- Title: Sampler
- Maker: Maria Holden Samuels (1856–1940)
- Date: ca. 1878
- Geography: Made in Albany County, Cohoes, New York, United States
- Culture: American
- Medium: Wool embroidery on linen
- Dimensions: 39 1/2 × 25 1/2 in. (100.3 × 64.8 cm)
- Credit Line: Gift of Dr. Marilyn Jenkins-Madina, in loving memory of her husband, Professor Maan Z. Madina, 2014
- Object Number: 2014.693.5
- Curatorial Department: The American Wing
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