Martha Shreeve
Sampler

CultureEnglish
Titles
  • Sampler
Datec. 1752
Probable placeEngland
MediumSilk on cotton
Dimensions21 3/4 × 18 in. (55.2 × 45.7 cm)
Credit LineThe Bayou Bend Collection, gift of the estate of Miss Ima Hogg
Object numberB.79.208
Non exposé

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Department
Bayou Bend
Object Type
ProvenanceMiss Ima Hogg; Estate of Miss Ima Hogg, 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Centered on
sampler within 8-sided frame is the verse:

The Parth [sic] I tread has been decreed

My shepherds Voice I know

And by his Spirit I can read
The way that r should go

Soon will my earthly race be run

This mortal frame decay

Parents and sisters one by one

Must droop and pass away

And what if we shall part a while
O shed no tear for me

shed no tear for me

Forget me in that saviour's smile

We all desire to see

On either side of verse are baskets of flowers and lions
passant.
Lower 1/3 of sampler has tree with serpent and Adam
and Eve, flanked by groups of roses, butterflies, flying cherubs and large birds on flowering branches.
Signature within central 8-sided frame reads: Martha Shreeve / 1752 / born June 18. 1735
Below and outside the frame are the words: Died May 10. 1753

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