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Accessibility:
Call No:
  • 1999.72.2
Title:
  • Phebe Sprague's Sampler
Author/Creator:
Place of Production/Origin:
Description:
  • An embroidered sampler decorated with birds and flowers. The alphabet and numbers as well as Phebe Sprague's birth date are stitched. The verse on the piece is about virtue. A separate piece of paper has the verse transcribed. There is newspaper as backing.
Date(s):
  • 1802;
Collection Type:
Object Type:
Material(s):
  • linen
  • paper, newsprint
Medium(s):
  • Embroidery
Subjects:
Research Notes:
  • Phebe is not a direct relation of the Claflins but is probably connected to Mary Augusta Rice who's mother is Almira Sprague. Mary married Thomas Arnold Whitman.
Provenance:
Image ID Numbers:
  • https://RIHS.MINISISINC.COM/RIHS_IMAGE/RHiX171611aw.jpg
  • https://RIHS.MINISISINC.COM/RIHS_IMAGE/RHiX171611bw.jpg
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