Salle Jessup, 1791 Small Alphabet Sampler with Staccato Rhythm carved skull quintessentially Tlingit geometric patterns remaining

quintessentially Tlingit geometric patterns remaining pretty well in tact

where many memorable things happened

One of my very favorites of the week

or was just super committed to teaching himself how to sail

including a painting of a fire scene done as this one was in 1899 (he would have been 16 or so

Salle Jessup, 1791 Small Alphabet Sampler with Staccato Rhythm carved skull quintessentially Tlingit geometric patterns remainingI know from the seller of this one that the maker, who cross stitched her name here in 1791, was Sarah "Salle" Jessup (b. 1772) of Palmyra, NY. I've been thinking a lot lately about how young the United States is, and how close at hand, really, the American Revolution which has me feeling especially keen to hold 18th century American things in my hands. So while this is a small, humble sampler, I could not leave it behind, and I like the staccato