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Mourning Sampler for George Washington
Unknown Artist
c. 1800
United States
Silk embroidery over watercolor
​OBA 1992.009.0001


​Sacred to the Memory
of the Illustrious Washington
There was a huge outpouring of grief when Washingtion died in 1799. This sampler draws from classical imagery in its depiction of sorrow.

​This mourning sampler is in the style of those made at Elizabeth & Samuel Folwell's school in Philadephia in the early 1800s. The artist (Samuel Folwell or his son Godfrey) drew the design on the silk which was stretched on a frame. Then the student was taught embroidery under the instruction of Elizabeth Folwell. Lastly, Samuel or Godfrey painted in the sky, faces, arms and other details. 
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