Sampler
Ann During, Gloucester, Sierra Leone, West Africa
1843
Silk on wool
Overall: 9 3/4 × 13 in. (24.8 × 33 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Alvin and Mary Bert Gutman 1940 Acquisition Fund and the Olivia H. Parker and John O. Parker '58 Acquisition Fund
2021.40
Geography
Place Made: Sierra Leone, Africa
Period
19th century
Object Name
Textile: Sampler
Research Area
Africa
Decorative Arts
Not on view
Inscriptions
Jesus permit thy sacred name to stand / As the faint effort of a youthful and / And while her finger over the canvas move / engage her tender heart to seek thy love / With thy dear children let her hanve a part / And write they name thyself upon her heart / Ann During / Gloucester / Sierra Leone / West Africa /1843
Course History
HIST 5.08/AAAS 19, Africa and the World, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Summer 2022
HIST 5.08/AAAS 19, Africa and the World, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Summer 2022
HIST 5.08/AAAS 19, Africa and the World, Naaborko Sackeyfio-Lenoch, Summer 2022
HIST 5.14, Americas: Invasion to Independence, Paul Musselwhite and Ernesto Mercadeo-Montero, Fall 2022
Writing Program 5.01, Experience and Education: Students, Teachers, Institutions, and the Power of Learning, Francine A'Ness, Winter 2023
History 90.14, The Global British Empire, Tiraana Bains, Winter 2023
History 90.14, The Global British Empire, Tiraana Bains, Winter 2023
Art History 20.04, Faith and Empire, Beth Mattison, Spring 2023
Provenance
M. Finkel and Daughter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; sold to present collection, 2021.
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