Ann Elizabeth Ham, sampler, 1826

Textile

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Portsmouth Historical Society

Name/Title

Ann Elizabeth Ham, sampler, 1826

Entry/Object ID

2009.60b

Description

Design features alphabets at top, a central verse "The Grave: There is a calm for those who weep/ a reef for weary pilgrims found/ They softly lie and sweetly sleep/ Low in the ground. The cloud that wrecks the winter sky/ No more disturbs the sweet repose/ Than summer evening's latest sigh/ That shuts the rose." Signed "Ann Elizabeth Ham, Aged 11, Portsmouth New Hampshire, Marked at Miss Ann L. C. Jones 1826."

Collection

Sawtelle Sampler Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2009.60

Source or Donor

Sawtelle, Jean

Credit Line

Gift of the Sawtelle Family

Made/Created

Artist

Ham, Ann Elizabeth

Date made

1826

Notes

Early Date: 1826

Dimensions

Dimension Description

In frame

Height

22 in

Width

29 in

Dimension Notes

19 5/8 x 26 5/8 in.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Accompanied by poem entitled "Grandmother's Sampler" by Arthur I. Harriman, 1933. Illustrated and discussed in John LaBranche and Rita Conant, "In Female Worth and Elegance" (1996), pages 12, 24, 59p, 107. Ann Elizabeth went on to marry Allen Treat, stone carver. See item 2016.11 Status: OK