Ellen Harrison Bonsal
Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand
1823
Physical Qualities
Linen ground, silk embroidery threads, 15 x 19 in. (38.1 x 42.3 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Nancy Brewster (Mrs. Frances White) from the Collection of Virginia Purviance Bonsal (Mrs. Miles White, Jr.).
Object Number
1973.76.403
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift, 1973; Nancy Brewster (Mrs. Frances White) by inheritance; Virginia Purviance Bonsal (Mrs. Miles White, Jr.).
Anita Jones, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Lessons Learned: American Schoolgirl Embroideries," November 23, 2014-May 10, 2015.
Susan Cumins, BMA, 'Period Needlework in America 1739-1865,' 1978, cat. #21; circulating to Arundel Center, Annapolis; Cecil County Public Library, Elkton; City Hall Museum and Cultural Center, Salisbury; The Museum in the Mall, Columbia; St. Mary's County Memorial Library, Leonardtown; St. Timothy's School, Stevenson; Washington College, Chestertown.
BMA, 'The White Collection,' March 19-June 2, 1974.
Susan Cumins, BMA, 'Period Needlework in America 1739-1865,' 1978, cat. #21; circulating to Arundel Center, Annapolis; Cecil County Public Library, Elkton; City Hall Museum and Cultural Center, Salisbury; The Museum in the Mall, Columbia; St. Mary's County Memorial Library, Leonardtown; St. Timothy's School, Stevenson; Washington College, Chestertown.
BMA, 'The White Collection,' March 19-June 2, 1974.
Inscribed: In addition to an alphabet embroidered within the center of the sampler is a saying, signature, and date: 'Jesus permit thy Gracious Name to stand./ As the first efforts of an infant hand./ Ellen Harrison Bonsal's Sampler finis/hed March 29th. 1824. In the 9th. year of her/Age.'
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