Sampler

Julia Ann Fitch

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gold frame around rectangular sampler. Sampler has beige fabric background with scalloped brown ovals, embroidered with dark brown thread. Ovals contain birth and death dates and names. Center of sampler has a ship with a striped sail, people on board, and a tree on right. Ship has green hull. Tree has green leaves and pink flowers. Scalloped brown border around edge. Green tree on bottom left. White house on bottom right. Text on sampler includes "Sampler by Julia Ann Fitch". Names on sampler include John S. Fitch, Lucretia Fitch, Abijah Fitch, Seth B. Fitch, Electa Fitch, Julia ann Fitch, and others. Dates on sampler range from 1770 to 1807. Text on sampler includes "Independance Declared July 1776". Text on sampler includes "George Washington Best Born Feb 22 1732 Died Dec 14 1799".