Charity
National Museum of American History

Charity

Breck, Rachel · 1810

silk (ground material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

<p>After a young lady learned to embroider a sampler, she might attend a female academy to make a silk embroidered picture. This was a more challenging technique that became popular in the early 1800s. Subjects included classical, biblical, and historical scenes, as well as mourning pictures.</p>

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