2-line verse 'Jesus permit thy Gracious name..;' 1 alphabet; outer strawberry border, inner checkered border. A rectangular sampler featuring an alphabet and religious saying. The sampler consists of a natural tan linen ground embroidered in multicolored silk threads, including burnt orange, blue-green, lt. green, yellow-green, black, gold, pink/coral, beige, taupe, blue, brown, mauve, and off-white. The center portion of the sampler consists of a 9-1/2' x 14-1/4' area set apart by a 5/8' wide checked border. Within this rectangle is an alphabet of upper case script letters: 'ABCDEFGHIJKLM/NOPQRSTUVWXY' [no 'Z'], the first line composed of 1-1/4' high letters, the second of 7/8' high letters. A 3/4' wide band of hexagonal motifs separates the first line of the alphabet from the second line. A second 1/2' row of rectangular motifs separates the second line of the alphabet from the first line of the embroidered saying, 'Jesus permit thy Gracious Name to stand./As the first efforts of an infant hand.' This is worked in 1/2'-3/4' upper and lower case script letters. A small house motif is found at the end of this sentence. Below this, and separated by a 1/4' border motif, is the name of the maker, 'Ellen Harrison Bonsal's Sampler finis/hed March 29th. 1824. In the 9th. year of her/[on next line outside the central border area] Age' worked in 1/2'-1' script letters. Another decorative border composed of a green and off-white slanted check band separates the first and second lines of the signature and date. A 1-3/4' wide border featuring a horizontally-oriented stylized strawberry pattern surrounds the sampler. The sampler is worked in a variety of stitches including cross, half-cross or tent, rice, four-sided or box, rococo, satin, and eyelet stitches. When accessioned in 1973 this sampler was framed in a modern print frame. Following conservation in 1998 it was reframed in a newly constructed frame and glazed with conservation glass.