- Maker
- Pope, Sarah (age 11)
- Date made
- 1773
- Origin
- Newport, RI US
- In Bolton & Co.
- Yes Page 70
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- At the top a band with a tree in the center with two flowers, a bird, a dog, and an angel on each side. A fenced and gated house in the center flanked by trees with birds perched in the branches. A man in colonial garb on the R and a woman on the L. Various animals, flying birds, flowers. A reversing arcaded flower border up both sides and across the top.
- Inscription
- (Across top): DUTY FEAR AND LOVE WE OWE TO GOOD ABOVE. / (On L side): Favour is deceitful and / Beauty is vain but a wo / an that feareth the / Lord she shall be praised. / (On R side): Give her the fruit of / Her hands and let her / own works praise her in / the Gate. / (On bottom L side): Give first to GOD the flow'r / of thy youth Take for thy / Guide the Holy word of / Truth Adorn thy soul with / Grace prize wisdom more / Than all the Pearls upon / the Indian shore / (On bottom R side): Labour for Peace chuse to con / tend with none Let reason / with sweet calmness keep / the throne Treading fierce / wrath and Lawless Passi / ons down the Grace of / mekness is a womans / crown / (In cartouche at center bottom): Sarah / Pope / age 11 / 1773
- Length Without Frame
- 13 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 11"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #01.135
- Bolton & Co. Page
- 70
- Owner
- Newport Historical Society, Newport, RI
- Owner Private
- Newport Historical Society
