File:Sampler (USA), 1824 (CH 18564041).jpg

English: A square sampler worked in black, brown, purple, green, beige and pink on a natural ground. At the top four alphabets are worked in black. At the bottom are a house, trees and flowers, and a mourning plaque beneath a willow tree. In the center, three interlocking hearts indicate that the embroiderer's father had had two wives, both of whom were now dead. The hearts are flanked by flowering branches and a verse, and the names and birthdates of the children are embroidered below. In the top left heart: Reuben Hunt bn Jan11 1783 In the top right heart: Eliza Taft bn June 27 1788 Sarah Snow bn dec 14 1785" In the bottom heart: Married to E T Oct 27 1814 to SS March 10 1819 Beneath the hearts: Eliza A Hunt bn Sep 20 1815 Reuben Hunt Jr bn Dec 19 1816 Sarah Hunt bn feb 8 1820 Martha A Hunt bn Nov 7 1822 The tomb reads: Sacred to the memory of Mrs Eliza Hunt who died Jan 6 1817 Mrs Sarah Hunt died Sep 28 1823 The verse: Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand As the first efforts of an infant's hand And while her fingers o'er this canvas move Enlist her tender heart to seek they love With thy dear children let her share a part And write thy name they self upon her heart Wrought by Eliza Ann Hunt aged nine years 1824