Lot Essay
An Elizabeth Humphreys of Philadelphia entered Westtown School in Chester County in May 1841. In 1846, she became an assistant teacher there for about one year.
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WROUGHT BY ELIZABETH HUMPHREYS, PROBABLY DELAWARE VALLEY, DATED 1836
Details
A SILK ON LINEN QUAKER SAMPLER
Wrought by Elizabeth Humphreys, probably Delaware Valley, dated 1836
Worked in green and peach colored threads with six alphabetical registers flanked by the initials JH/RH above Elizabeth Humphreys 1836, all enclosed within a meandering vine issuing berries and a wave border
14½ x 17¼in. wide unframed
Wrought by Elizabeth Humphreys, probably Delaware Valley, dated 1836
Worked in green and peach colored threads with six alphabetical registers flanked by the initials JH/RH above Elizabeth Humphreys 1836, all enclosed within a meandering vine issuing berries and a wave border
14½ x 17¼in. wide unframed
Provenance
M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1987.