Sampler
Sarah Welles Sampler
1818 (Date manufactured/created)
Pastoral sampler by Sarah Welles of Wethersfield. Sampler features a pastoral scene on the bottom and floral swag at top. In the center is this genealogical information:
Leonard Welles born July 5 1765
Prudence Robbins born Jan 23 1767
Married Oct 7 1798
Mary Welles born Sept 14 1799
Julia Welles born June 14 1801
Leonard Robbins Welles born Apr 11 1803
Sarah Welles born July 17 1805
Prudence Welles born Aug 17 1813
S. Welles Sept 11 1818
The rest of the sampler is designed as follows: A two-gable house is placed on the bottom right corner and three figures under a tree in the bottom left corner. One male figure leans on a shepherd's sabalo crook. The other man wears a blue suit and has a face made from paper that appears to be a cutout of Henry VIII. A woman in a yellow dress holds the man in blue's right arm. Top of the sampler is decorated with a bow and rose swag. Much of the silk has faded.
According to research by Betty Ring, a Sarah Welles kept school at the North Brick School House in Wethersfield from 1826 through 1827.
Leonard Welles born July 5 1765
Prudence Robbins born Jan 23 1767
Married Oct 7 1798
Mary Welles born Sept 14 1799
Julia Welles born June 14 1801
Leonard Robbins Welles born Apr 11 1803
Sarah Welles born July 17 1805
Prudence Welles born Aug 17 1813
S. Welles Sept 11 1818
The rest of the sampler is designed as follows: A two-gable house is placed on the bottom right corner and three figures under a tree in the bottom left corner. One male figure leans on a shepherd's sabalo crook. The other man wears a blue suit and has a face made from paper that appears to be a cutout of Henry VIII. A woman in a yellow dress holds the man in blue's right arm. Top of the sampler is decorated with a bow and rose swag. Much of the silk has faded.
According to research by Betty Ring, a Sarah Welles kept school at the North Brick School House in Wethersfield from 1826 through 1827.
Gift of Marguerite Elizabeth Mills
1986.075.005