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Clarissa Cornelia Loomis's Sampler
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Title
Clarissa
Cornelia
Loomis's
Sampler
Creator
Loomis, Clarissa Cornelia
Place
Lebanon (Conn.)
Topic
School children
Dwellings
Genre
Needlework
Theme
Lifestyle
Description
Sampler
has a
horizontal
band
of
pictorial
motifs
including
a
woman
wearing
a
dress
and
holding
a
parasol
,
large
and
small
trees
, a
large
tree
, and a
two-story
house
with a
center
door
. A
fence
extends
horizontally
across
the
scene.The
first
inscription
is
"
Hail
heirs
of
endless
peace
ordained
to
rove/
Round
the
[illegible]
love/
For
you
the
sun
first
[illegible]
the
lucid
morn/
[illegible]
born
". The
second
inscription
is
"
Polly
Kingsley
"; this
may
be a
teacher's
name
. The
third
inscription
is
"
Clarissa
C
Loomis
Aged
9
years
Lebanon/
Sept
24
1828
".
Notes
Clarissa
Loomis
was the
oldest
daughter
of
Timothy
Loomis
(1789-1863)
and
Betsey
Willis
.
Clarissa's
sampler
skills
were
probably
taught
to her by
Polly
Kingsley
.
Clarissa
later
married
Austin
Gay
(born
1819)
.
Date created
1828
Physical format
1
needlework
picture
;
41
x
43.8
cm
.
Digital format
image/jp2
Identifier
Accession
number
:
1986.13.1
File
name
:
1986_13_1.tif
Source
The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
Rights
Reproduction
and
copyright
information
regarding
this
image
is
available
from The
Graphics
Collection
, The
Connecticut
Historical
Society
,
Hartford
.
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