Mary Ann Underwood
Sampler
Maker's Name
Underwood, Mary Ann
Location
Green County, Kentucky
Date Made
1843
Maker's Age
7 years old, born in ~1836
Dimensions
11 ½ x 11 ¾ inches
Medium
Cotton or wool on linen with cross stitches
Provenance
Made by Mary Ann Underwood. The sampler was in a private Knoxville, TN estate until sold at Case Auctions in Knoxville, Tn as lot #589 on October 6, 2012 to Private Collector #5.
Description
There are some losses of thread with scattered stains and fading, especially near the top. The wooden frame may be original and the sampler has a stylized border, flowers, baskets of flowers, alphabet, numbers and a verse which reads:
Learn to live.
as you would wish to die.

It is signed:
Mary Ann Underwood
Aged. 7 years
Oct '27. 1843

This sampler is suspected to originate from southern Kentucky. The attribution is based on genealogy records showing a Mary Ann Underwood born about 1836 in Green County, Kentucky.
Owner/History of Owner/Credit Line
Private Collector #5
AKS Catalog Number
2019-023
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