Name/Title
Mary Greenleaf Clark, sampler, 1815Entry/Object ID
2009.60mDescription
Memorial sampler. Unique composition features usual lines of alphabets and numerals, but incorporates a memorial verse dedicated to Reverend Joseph Buckminster, flanked by weeping willows. Signed "Mary Greenleaf Clark, aged 8, 1815."
Inscribed "In Memory of Rev, Joseph/ Buckminster, D.D./ Pastor of a Church in Portsmouth/ NH who died suddenly/ in this vicinity while on a/ journey for health June 10,/ 1812 ae 61."
Followed by verse: "O ever honoured ever dear adieu/ How many tender names are lost in you/ Keep safe O tomb thy precious sacred trust/ Till life divine awake his Sleeping dust."Collection
Sawtelle Sampler CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2009.60Source or Donor
Sawtelle, JeanCredit Line
Gift of the Sawtelle FamilyMade/Created
Artist
Clark, Mary GreenleafDate made
1815Notes
Early Date: 1815Dimensions
Dimension Notes
12 x 13 in.
