An embroidered sampler with a scene of two mountains with rivers flowing from them. A figure in chains and a simple loin cloth kneels between them, with his hands raised in prayer. Above, a verse is flanked by two medallions supported by angels. With a floral border on three sides.
The verse reads:

The Converted Indian's Prayer

In de dark wood no indian nigh
Den me look heaven and send up cry
Upon my knee so low
Dat god so high in shiny place
See me nigh with teary face
My priest do tell me so
He send his angels take me care
He come his self and hear my prayer
If indian heare do pray

Within the medallions:
The angels of the lord bless ye the lord praise him and magnify him for ever
and
The angel of the lord cried loud saying prepare to meet thy god

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1941	We acquired this object.
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Sampler (England or United States), 1833

This is a Sampler. It was embroidered by Mary Eyre. It is dated 1833 and we acquired it in 1941. Its medium is silk and wool embroidery on linen foundation and its technique is embroidered in cross stitch on plain weave foundation. It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe. It is credited Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe.

Black silk cloth used to drape over Lincoln’s coffin while his body lay in state in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 25, 1865. The same cloth later covered the coffin of President James A. Garfield, who in 1881 became the second president to be assassinated.

Funeral Pall, Abraham Lincoln's, April 25, 1865
black silk cloth.
Division of Political History, National Museum of American History,....
8.2013.2

Its dimensions are

H x W: 73.5 x 69 cm (28 15/16 x 27 3/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Mary Eyre Her Work Aug 20 1833

Cite this object as

Sampler (England or United States), 1833; Embroidered by Mary Eyre ; silk and wool embroidery on linen foundation; H x W: 73.5 x 69 cm (28 15/16 x 27 3/16 in.); Bequest of Mrs. Henry E. Coe; 1941-69-253

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DCqZ/
Accession Number 1941-69-253
Object ID 18658193