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Title
Betsy Bruce's Sampler
Subject
Betsy Bruce's Sampler, made in Marlboro, Vermont.
Description
The name “Betsy Bruce” appears at end of one alphabet. Below the alphabets is the inscription:
"Seize Mortals seize the present hour Lifes a short summer
Man’s a flower he dies alas how soon he dies. E. B. 14 Y.”
Stitches used: cross, Algerian eye, and crosslet.
"Seize Mortals seize the present hour Lifes a short summer
Man’s a flower he dies alas how soon he dies. E. B. 14 Y.”
Stitches used: cross, Algerian eye, and crosslet.
Creator
Betsy Bruce
Source
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_639573
Publisher
National Museum of American History
Date
1822-1824
Contributor
Gift of Miss Grace L. Temple