- Maker
- Fish, Mary Ann
- Date made
- 1817
- Origin
- RI US
- Stitches
- Cross.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Predominent Motif
- Family register done in a saw tooth rectangle with a strawberry plant on either side at the bottom. An arcaded strawberry vine border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Account of the marriage and births of Peleg / Fish and Alice Sisson and births of their / children. Peleg Fish was born May 10, 1780 / Alice Fisson was born August 21, 1777 / they were married June 27 1805. / Mary Ann Fish was born November 6, 1808 / Catherine G. Fish was born September 3, 1810 / William H. Fish was born March 25, 1819 / James Fish was born March 20 1819 / deceased August 7 1819 aged four months / and 8 days. Elizabeth Sisson Fish / was born September 29 1816 / / Jesus permit thy gracious name to stand / As the first effort of an infants hand / And while her fingers over this canvas move / Engage her reader heart to seek thy love / With thy dear children let her share a part / And write thy name thyself upon her heart. / / Remember thy creator in / the days of thy youth. / Mary Ann Fish November 13 1817
- Historical Owner
- #1965.47
- Owner
- Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, WI
- Owner Private
- Wisconsin Historical Society
