Eliza Jane Salter, sampler, 1808

Textile

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Portsmouth Historical Society

Name/Title

Eliza Jane Salter, sampler, 1808

Entry/Object ID

2009.60c

Description

Design features alphabets, verses and a floral border, with floral motif in lower portion.

Collection

Portsmouth Historical Society Curatorial Collection

Acquisition

Accession

2009.60

Source or Donor

Sawtelle, Jean

Credit Line

Gift of the Sawtelle Family

Made/Created

Artist

Salter, Eliza Jane

Date made

1808

Notes

Early Date: 1808

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Transcription

Eliza Jane Salter, Aged 11, March 17, 1808

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

20 1/2 x 14 3/4 in.

General Notes

Note

Notes: Eliza Jane Salter and her two sisters taught needlework at 53 Pleasant Street in Portsmouth, NH. She died unmarried in 1878. Illustrated and discussed in John LaBranche and Rita Conant, "In Female Worth and Elegance" (1996), pages28, 53p, 78-9. Status: OK