Name/Title
Sarah Elizabeth Marden, sampler, 1832Entry/Object ID
2009.60fDescription
Design features alphabets, a verse, signature and landscape scene with a public building, house, trees and birds. Signed "Sarah Elizabeth Marden AE 10, Her work under the tuition of M.A. Whidden, Portsmouth, 1832."Collection
Portsmouth Historical Society Curatorial CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2009.60Source or Donor
Sawtelle, JeanCredit Line
Gift of the Sawtelle FamilyMade/Created
Artist
Marden, Sarah ElizabethDate made
1832Notes
Early Date: 1832
Sarah was the daughter of James Marden and Mercy Page Marden of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On March 21, 1841, she married Daniel Brewster of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire.
Her teacher, Mary Ann Whidden, was the daughter of Joseph Whidden, a farmer living on Long Land Road in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On January 12, 1839, the Portsmouth Journal reported her death at the age of twenty-four.Dimensions
Dimension Description
in frameWidth
21 inLength
17 in
