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The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2008.66.1 Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2009 The Con…
Samplers
The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2008.66.1 Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2009 The Connecticut Historical Society.
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Samplers

EmbroidererEmbroidered by Sarah Spencer American, 1774 - 1843
MediumLinen thread on plain-weave undyed linen
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2in. (49.5 x 39.4cm)
ClassificationsTextiles
Credit LineThe Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund
Description[Sarah Spencer, Hartford, 1774-1843
made 1783 age 9]
Object number2008.66.1
Subject Terms
    Collections
    • Connecticut Needlework: Women, Art, and Family, 1740-1840
    On View
    Not on view
    Museum purchase, 1987.201.0 Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2009 The Connecticut Historical…
    Pair of Samplers
    Fanny Maria Case
    1835-1843
    Sampler
    Sampler
    Sarah Mitchell
    late 18th-early 19th century
    Sampler
    Sampler
    Sarah Jane Latimer
    about 1840
    Gift of George J. and Mary C. Leger, 2001.113.1 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Sampler
    Caroline Julia Tucker
    1843
    Gift of Marguerite Riordan, 1995.91.2 © 2011 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Sampler
    Sarah Clyrana Durkee
    29 September 1836
    Family Register
    Family Register
    Sarah Ann Yale
    1827-1847
    Family Register
    Family Register
    Alma Elizabeth Hawley
    1843
    Susannah Spencer sampler
    Susannah Spencer sampler
    Sarah Spencer
    1761
    Family Register
    Family Register
    Sarah Elizabeth Hills
    1834
    Sampler
    Sampler
    Sarah Lawrence
    1791
    Sampler
    Sampler
    Sarah Lucy Skinner
    1837
    Connecticut Historical Society collection, 1950.356.0 Photograph by David Stansbury. © 2010 T…
    Sampler
    Polly Ives
    3 December 1795
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