$584
Needlework Sampler, "REBECCA TARBOX BORN SEPTEMBER THE 30 1739," Wenham, Massachusetts, stitched with silk threads on a linen ground, with Rebecca's signature and birth date above alphabets and the verses "REBECCA TARBOX IS MY NAME AND ENGLAND IS MY NATION/WENHAM IS MY DWELLING PLACE AND CHRIST IS MY SALVATION" and "WHEN I AM DEAD AND LADE IN GRAVE AND ALL MY BONES ARE ROTTEN/WHEN THIS YOU SEE REMEMBE[R] ME THAT I BE NOT FORGOTTEN," and a panel depicting a scene with sheep, and birds perched in trees, the top and bottom with undulating line borders, (fading, toning, losses), 13 1/2 x 11 1/2 in. , in a later molded giltwood frame. Note: Rebecca Tarbox was born September 30, 1739, the daughter of Samuel Tarbox, Jr., and his wife Mary (Cue). Rebecca married Josiah Moulton, a blacksmith, in 1767; they resided in Salem and had a daughter. During the Revolutionary War, it is reported that Josiah died in an engagement between a letter of Marque, on which he served, and a British frigate. He was shot just outside Salem Harbor when a ball struck a jackknife in his pea jacket pocket and drove it into his side. He died as he was landed on the wharf in Salem.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-03-03
