Susan Blond
How Blest The Maid . . .
1837
Physical Qualities
Linen, cotton embroidery threads, 18-1/4 x 18-3/4 in. (46.4 x 47.6 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Francis White, from the Collection of Mrs. Miles White, Jr.
Object Number
1973.76.362
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1973; Nancy Brewster (Mrs. Frances White) by inheritance; Virginia Purviance Bonsal (Mrs. Miles White, Jr.).
Inscribed: 2 4-line poems 'How Blest the maid..' and 'Virtue is the chiefest beauty..'; 3 alphabets; number 1-12; signed 'Susan Blond's Sampler Wrought in the 14th Year of Her Age July 1838.'