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<img width="640" height="640" src="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/36076_bd53fa657c9c7901_b-700x700.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/36076_bd53fa657c9c7901_b-700x700.jpg 700w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/36076_bd53fa657c9c7901_b-150x150.jpg 150w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/36076_bd53fa657c9c7901_b-300x300.jpg 300w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/36076_bd53fa657c9c7901_b-640x640.jpg 640w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/36076_bd53fa657c9c7901_b-170x170.jpg 170w, http://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/36076_bd53fa657c9c7901_b.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="27111" data-permalink="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/2017/11/12/a-harrisburg-sampler/36076_bd53fa657c9c7901_b/" data-orig-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/36076_bd53fa657c9c7901_b.jpg" data-orig-size="1024,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}" data-image-title="36076_bd53fa657c9c7901_b" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/36076_bd53fa657c9c7901_b-300x300.jpg" data-large-file="http://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/36076_bd53fa657c9c7901_b-700x700.jpg" />This sampler was worked in 1828 [or 1825] by Ann E. Kelly at the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, school of Leah Maguire. The central scene is either biblical or classical, and was undoubtedly inspired by a yet to be identified print source. It depicts a woman holding a long garland of flowers who appears to making a...

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