- Maker
- Stiver, Martha P.
- Date made
- 1842
- Origin
- Bedford, US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Canvas
- Embroidery Thread
- Wool
- Predominent Motif
- 2 alphabets. In the center small wooded scene with a dog chasing a stag, two other small dogs to the R. Various flower spray motifs with a basket of flowers at center bottom. A rose and leaf border all four sides, edged with sewn on pink ribbon.
- Inscription
- Almighty power whose tender care / Did infancy protect / Let riper years thy favour share / And every step direct / (Across the bottom): Bedford Augt 25th 1842 Martha P. Stiver
- Length Without Frame
- 19 1/4"
- Length With Frame
- 24 3/8"
- Width Without Frame
- 18 1/2"
- Wdith With Frame
- 22 7/8"
- Historical Owner
- #1969-288-287 Whitman Sampler Collection, gift of Pet, Inc. 1969
- Owner
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
- Owner Private
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
