Mourning sampler, Medium: silk embroidery on silk foundation Technique: embroidered and painted on plain weave Label: silk, painted and embroidered with silk, Embroidered picture, nearly square in format, depicting a mourning female figure leaning on a tomb surmounted by an urn under the shade of a weeping willow. The tomb bears the inscription:, Sacred to the memory of Dr. Robt Rogerson. obt. April 1st 1806, AE 49 y's. Lucy Rogerson. obt. March 4th, 1807, AE 39. Danl. H. Rogerson. obt., March 25th, 1808, AE 14. Lucy H. Rogerson. obt. 1803, AE 11 months., Embroidered in tan silk with toned watercolor washes. Trial sketch of head on left margin and trial letters in lower right and bottom margins., England, ca. 1810, embroidery & stitching, Mourning sampler
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Mourning sampler, Medium, silk embroidery, silk foundation Technique, embroidered, painted, plain weave Label, silk, painted, embroidered, silk, Embroidered picture, nearly square, format, depicting, mourning female figure leaning, tomb surmounted, urn under, shade, weeping willow, tomb bears, inscription, Sacred, memory, Dr, Robt Rogerson, obt, April 1st 1806, AE 49 y's, Lucy Rogerson, obt, March 4th, 1807, AE 39, Danl, H, Rogerson, obt, March 25th, 1808, AE 14, Lucy H, Rogerson, obt, 1803, AE 11 months, Embroidered, tan silk, toned watercolor washes, Trial sketch, head, left margin, trial letters, lower right, bottom margins, England, ca, 1810, embroidery & stitching, Mourning sampler
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